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Large Fourier transforms never exactly realized by braiding conformal blocks

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-06-25 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Fourier transform is an essential ingredient in Shor's factoring algorithm. In the standard quantum circuit model with the gate set {\U(2),CNOT}\{\U(2), \textrm{CNOT}\}, the discrete Fourier transforms FN=(ωij)N×N,i,j=0,1,...,N1,ω=e2πiNF_N=(\omega^{ij})_{N\times N},i,j=0,1,..., N-1, \omega=e^{\frac{2\pi i}{N}}, can be realized exactly by quantum circuits of size O(n2),n=logNO(n^2), n=\textrm{log}N, and so can the discrete sine/cosine transforms. In topological quantum computing, the simplest universal topological quantum computer is based on the Fibonacci (2+1)-topological quantum field theory (TQFT), where the standard quantum circuits are replaced by unitary transformations realized by braiding conformal blocks. We report here that the large Fourier transforms FNF_N and the discrete sine/cosine transforms can never be realized exactly by braiding conformal blocks for a fixed TQFT. It follows that approximation is unavoidable to implement the Fourier transforms by braiding conformal blocks.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0609411,
  title  = {Large Fourier transforms never exactly realized by braiding conformal blocks},
  author = {Michael H. Freedman and Zhenghan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0609411},
  year   = {2015}
}