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Fourier Analysis of Parameterized Quantum Circuits and the Barren Plateau Problem

Quantum Physics 2025-10-09 v2

Abstract

We show the relationship between the Fourier coefficients and the barren plateau problem emerging in parameterized quantum circuits. In particular, the sum of squares of the Fourier coefficients is exponentially restricted concerning the qubits under the barren plateau condition. Throughout theory and numerical experiments, we introduce that this property leads to the vanishing of a probability and an expectation formed by parameterized quantum circuits. The traditional barren plateau problem requires the variance of gradient, whereas our idea does not explicitly need a statistic. Therefore, it is not required to specify the kind of initial probability distribution.

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@article{arxiv.2309.06740,
  title  = {Fourier Analysis of Parameterized Quantum Circuits and the Barren Plateau Problem},
  author = {Shun Okumura and Masayuki Ohzeki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.06740},
  year   = {2025}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-28T12:20:00.622Z