Quantum algorithm for Clifford multiplication
Quantum Physics
2026-07-11 v1
Abstract
Given two dense multivectors of the Clifford algebra with coefficients, the fastest known classical algorithms compute their geometric product in arithmetic operations, where denotes the matrix multiplication exponent. I show that, under amplitude encoding, a quantum computer executes the geometric product in time, using logarithmic space with sublogarithmic circuit depth. This exponential speedup establishes Clifford multiplication as a quantum primitive, providing an efficient computational foundation for quantum geometric algorithms and relativistic simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.10473,
title = {Quantum algorithm for Clifford multiplication},
author = {Kagwe A. Muchane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.10473},
year = {2026}
}
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21 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables