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Quantum algorithm for Clifford multiplication

Quantum Physics 2026-07-11 v1

Abstract

Given two dense multivectors of the Clifford algebra C(V,Q)C\ell(V, Q) with N=2p+qN=2^{p+q} coefficients, the fastest known classical algorithms compute their geometric product in O(Nω/2)O(N^{\omega/2}) arithmetic operations, where ω\omega denotes the matrix multiplication exponent. I show that, under amplitude encoding, a quantum computer executes the geometric product in O(polylogN)O(\operatorname{polylog} N) 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