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Optimal T depth quantum circuits for implementing arbitrary Boolean functions

Quantum Physics 2025-06-03 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present a generic construction to obtain an optimal T depth quantum circuit for any arbitrary nn-input mm-output Boolean function f:{0,1}n{0,1}mf: \{0,1\}^n \rightarrow \{0,1\}^m having algebraic degree knk\leq n, and it achieves an exact Toffoli (and T) depth of log2k\lceil \log_2 k \rceil. This is a broader generalization of the recent result establishing the optimal Toffoli (and consequently T) depth for multi-controlled Toffoli decompositions (Dutta et al., Phys. Rev. A, 2025). We achieve this by inspecting the Algebraic Normal Form (ANF) of a Boolean function. Obtaining a benchmark for the minimum T depth of such circuits are of prime importance for efficient implementation of quantum algorithms by enabling greater parallelism, reducing time complexity, and minimizing circuit latency, making them suitable for near-term quantum devices with limited coherence times. The implications of our results are highlighted explaining the provable lower bounds on S-box and block cipher implementations, for example AES.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2506.01542,
  title  = {Optimal T depth quantum circuits for implementing arbitrary Boolean functions},
  author = {Suman Dutta and Anik Basu Bhaumik and Anupam Chattopadhyay and Subhamoy Maitra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.01542},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 Figures, 4 Tables

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