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Exact Non-identity check is NQP-complete

Quantum Physics 2009-03-05 v1

Abstract

We define a problem "exact non-identity check": Given a classical description of a quantum circuit with an ancilla system, determine whether it is strictly equivalent to the identity or not. We show that this problem is NQP-complete. In a sense of the strict equivalence condition, this problem is different from a QMA-complete problem, non-identity check defined by D. Janzing etc. As corollaries, it is derived that exact equivalence check is also NQP-complete and that it is hard to minimize quantum resources of a given quantum gate array without changing an implemented unitary operation.

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@article{arxiv.0903.0675,
  title  = {Exact Non-identity check is NQP-complete},
  author = {Yu Tanaka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.0675},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures

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