A Polylogarithmic-Depth Quantum Multiplier
Quantum Physics
2026-04-14 v1
Abstract
We present a quantum algorithm for multiplying two -bit integers with overall circuit depth and -depth both bounded by , while using gates and ancillary qubits. Our construction generates partial products via indicator-controlled copying and adds them using a binary adder tree, enabling parallel accumulation with logarithmic depth overhead per level. To the best of our knowledge, our design has the lowest -depth among all multiplication algorithms using the Clifford + model. By optimizing both circuit depth and -depth, our construction advances the practical feasibility of large-scale fault-tolerant quantum algorithms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.09847,
title = {A Polylogarithmic-Depth Quantum Multiplier},
author = {Fred Sun and Anton Borissov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09847},
year = {2026}
}