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We study the complexity of computational problems from quantum physics. Typically, they are studied using the complexity class QMA (quantum counterpart of NP) but some natural computational problems appear to be slightly harder than QMA. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-11 Andris Ambainis

Recently Quantum Computation has generated a lot of interest due to the discovery of a quantum algorithm which can factor large numbers in polynomial time. The usefulness of a quantum com puter is limited by the effect of errors. Simulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kevin M. Obenland , Alvin M. Despain

The search for a consistent and empirically established quantum theory of gravity is among the biggest open problems of fundamental physics. The obstacles are of formal and of conceptual nature. Here, I address the main conceptual problems,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-16 Claus Kiefer

In this article, we investigate various physical implications of quantum circuit complexity using squeezed state formalism of Primordial Gravitational Waves (PGW). Recently quantum information theoretic concepts, such as entanglement…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-07 Kiran Adhikari , Sayantan Choudhury , Hardey N. Pandya , Rohan Srivastava

Complexity remains one of the central challenges in science and technology. Although several approaches at defining and/or quantifying complexity have been proposed, at some point each of them seems to run into intrinsic limitations or…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-10-05 Luciano da F. Costa , Guilherme S. Domingues

Notions of circuit complexity and cost play a key role in quantum computing and simulation where they capture the (weighted) minimal number of gates that is required to implement a unitary. Similar notions also become increasingly prominent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-13 J. Eisert

How useful is a quantum dynamical operation for quantum information processing? Motivated by this question we investigate several strength measures quantifying the resources intrinsic to a quantum operation. We develop a general theory of…

We define predictive states and predictive complexity for quantum systems composed of distinct subsystems. This complexity is a generalization of entanglement entropy. It is inspired by the statistical or forecasting complexity of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Curtis T. Asplund , Elisa Panciu

Quantum computing is a new computational paradigm with the potential to solve certain computationally challenging problems much faster than traditional approaches. Civil engineering encompasses many computationally challenging problems,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Joern Ploennigs , Markus Berger , Martin Mevissen , Kay Smarsly

Quantum field theory (QFT) in classical spacetime has revealed interesting and puzzling aspects about gravitational systems, in particular black hole thermodynamics and its information processing. Although quantum gravitational effects may…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-24 Ding Jia

The purpose of this paper is to explore the applications of quantum computing to energy systems optimization problems and discuss some of the challenges faced by quantum computers with techniques to overcome them. The basic concepts…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-03 Akshay Ajagekar , Fengqi You

The unitary dynamics of quantum systems can be modeled as a trajectory on a Riemannian manifold. This theoretical framework naturally yields a purely geometric interpretation of computational complexity for quantum algorithms, a notion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Alberto Acevedo , Antonio Falco

This article provides a cartoon of the quantization of General Relativity using the ideas of effective field theory. These ideas underpin the use of General Relativity as a theory from which precise predictions are possible, since they show…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 C. P. Burgess

The paper concerns the fictitious entanglement of the so-called ``singularities'' in problems, pertaining to quantum gravity, due, in point of fact, to the way we try to employ, in that context, differential geometry, the latter being…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anastasios Mallios

In the rapidly evolving field of quantum computing, quantifying circuit complexity remains a critical challenge. This paper introduces Character Complexity, a novel measure that bridges Group-theoretic concepts with practical quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-19 Daksh Shami

In quantum physics, the density operator completely describes the state. Instead, in classical physics the mean value of every physical quantity is evaluated by means of a probability distribution. We study the possibility to describe pure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Alberto Montina

In this work, we explore the effects of a quantum quench on the circuit complexity for a quenched quantum field theory having weakly coupled quartic interaction. We use the invariant operator method, under a perturbative framework, for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-07 Sayantan Choudhury , Rakshit Mandish Gharat , Saptarshi Mandal , Nilesh Pandey

Significant advances in the development of computing devices based on quantum effects and the demonstration of their use to solve various problems have rekindled interest in the nature of the "quantum computational advantage." Although…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-01 Aleksey K. Fedorov , Evgeniy O. Kiktenko , Nikolay N. Kolachevsky

Complex numbers are widely used in both classical and quantum physics, and are indispensable components for describing quantum systems and their dynamical behavior. Recently, the resource theory of imaginarity has been introduced, allowing…

We consider a geometrization, i.e., we identify geometrical structures, for the space of density states of a quantum system. We also provide few comments on a possible application of this geometrization for composite systems.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. I. Man'ko , G. Marmo , E. C. G. Sudarshan , F. Zaccaria