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Taming Trotter Errors with Quantum Resources

Quantum Physics 2026-04-16 v1

Abstract

Quantum simulation is a cornerstone application of quantum computing, yet how fundamental quantum resources--entanglement and non-stabilizerness (``magic")--shape simulation fidelity remains an open question. In this work, we establish a rigorous connection between these resources and the statistical behavior of algorithmic errors arising in Hamiltonian simulation based on the Trotter-Suzuki formula. By analyzing ensembles of states with fixed entanglement entropy or magic, we make two key discoveries: First, the variance of the Trotter error decreases with increasing entanglement entropy, indicating a stronger concentration of error for entangled states. Moreover, we find that the kurtosis of the error exhibits a negative linear dependence on magic, implying that states with high magic possess lighter-tailed error distributions and thus a reduced probability of large deviations. These findings reveal a subtle phenomenon: quantum resources that obstruct classical emulation may, paradoxically, enhance the intrinsic robustness of quantum simulation, highlighting a constructive interplay between complexity and stability in quantum computation.

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@article{arxiv.2604.13486,
  title  = {Taming Trotter Errors with Quantum Resources},
  author = {Xiangran Zhang and Jue Xu and Qi Zhao and You Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.13486},
  year   = {2026}
}

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20 pages, 6 figures

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