$\mathsf{QAC}^0$ Contains $\mathsf{TC}^0$ (with Many Copies of the Input)
Abstract
is the class of constant-depth polynomial-size quantum circuits constructed from arbitrary single-qubit gates and generalized Toffoli gates. It is arguably the smallest natural class of constant-depth quantum computation which has not been shown useful for computing any non-trivial Boolean function. Despite this, many attempts to port classical lower bounds to have failed. We give one possible explanation of this: circuits are significantly more powerful than their classical counterparts. We show the unconditional separation for decision problems, which also resolves for the first time whether could be more powerful than . Moreover, we prove that circuits can compute a wide range of Boolean functions if given multiple copies of the input: . Along the way, we introduce an amplitude amplification technique that makes several approximate constant-depth constructions exact.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.03243,
title = {$\mathsf{QAC}^0$ Contains $\mathsf{TC}^0$ (with Many Copies of the Input)},
author = {Daniel Grier and Jackson Morris and Kewen Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.03243},
year = {2026}
}