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We consider the dihedral hidden subgroup problem as the problem of distinguishing hidden subgroup states. We show that the optimal measurement for solving this problem is the so-called pretty good measurement. We then prove that the success…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-02 Dave Bacon , Andrew M. Childs , Wim van Dam

We study the problem of efficiently learning an unknown $n$-qubit unitary channel in diamond distance given query access. We present a general framework showing that if Pauli operators remain low-complexity under conjugation by a unitary,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Sabee Grewal , Daniel Liang

The problem of finding good approximations of arbitrary 1-qubit gates is identical to that of finding a dense group generated by a universal subset of $SU(2)$ to approximate an arbitrary element of $SU(2)$. The Solovay-Kitaev Theorem is a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2023-08-03 S. B. Damelin , B. A. W. Mode

We study the problem of constructing strong approximate unitary $k$-designs on $D$-dimensional grids (and more generally on Cartesian products of graphs), building on the work of Schuster et al. arXiv:2509.26310 which establishes strong…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Marten Folkertsma , Lorenzo Grevink , Jonas Helsen , Alicja Dutkiewicz

Random quantum circuits have played a central role in establishing the computational advantages of near-term quantum computers over their conventional counterparts. Here, we use ensembles of low-depth random circuits with local connectivity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-29 Michael J. Gullans , Stefan Krastanov , David A. Huse , Liang Jiang , Steven T. Flammia

We study subsystem codes whose gauge group has local generators in the 2D geometry. It is shown that there exists a family of such codes defined on lattices of size LxL with the number of logical qubits k and the minimum distance d both…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Sergey Bravyi

We study efficient generations of random diagonal-unitary matrices, an ensemble of unitary matrices diagonal in a given basis with randomly distributed phases for their eigenvalues. Despite the simple algebraic structure, they cannot be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-31 Yoshifumi Nakata , Mio Murao

A $k$-dimensional box is the Cartesian product $R_1 \times R_2 \times ... \times R_k$ where each $R_i$ is a closed interval on the real line. The {\it boxicity} of a graph $G$, denoted as $\boxi(G)$, is the minimum integer $k$ such that $G$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-05-18 Abhijin Adiga , Diptendu Bhowmick , L. Sunil Chandran

We demonstrate that a high fidelity approximation to $| \Psi_b \rangle$, the quantum superposition over all bit strings within Hamming distance $b$ of the codewords of a dimension-$k$ linear code over $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$, can be efficiently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-26 Edward Farhi , Stephen P. Jordan

Recent work [M. J. Gullans et al., Physical Review X, 11(3):031066 (2021)] has shown that quantum error correcting codes defined by random Clifford encoding circuits can achieve a non-zero encoding rate in correcting errors even if the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-18 Andrew S. Darmawan , Yoshifumi Nakata , Shiro Tamiya , Hayata Yamasaki

Random many-body states are both a useful tool to model certain physical systems and an important asset for quantum computation. Realising them, however, generally requires an exponential (in system size) amount of resources. Recent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-10 Jonathon Riddell , Katja Klobas , Bruno Bertini

Decoupling has become a central concept in quantum information theory with applications including proving coding theorems, randomness extraction and the study of conditions for reaching thermal equilibrium. However, our understanding of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-06 Winton Brown , Omar Fawzi

Efficient and high-performance quantum error correction is essential for achieving fault-tolerant quantum computing. Low-depth random circuits offer a promising approach to identifying effective and practical encoding strategies. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 Guoding Liu , Zhenyu Du , Zi-Wen Liu , Xiongfeng Ma

Let $G$ be either the Grigorchuk $2$-group or one of the Gupta-Sidki $p$-groups. We give new upper bounds for the diameters of the quotients of $G$ by its level stabilisers, as well as other natural sequences of finite-index normal…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-03-20 Henry Bradford

Unitary t-designs are some of the most versatile tools in quantum information theory. Their applications range from randomized benchmarking and shadow tomography, to more fundamental ones such as emulating quantum chaos and establishing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 Namit Anand , Jeffrey Marshall , Jason Saied , Eleanor Rieffel , Andrea Morello

We study finitely-generated nondiscrete free subgroups in Lie groups. We address the following question first raised by \'Etienne Ghys: is it always possible to make arbitrarily small perturbation of the generators of the free subgroup in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-02-08 Alexey Glutsyuk

We prove a quantum information-theoretic conjecture due to Ji, Liu and Song (CRYPTO 2018) which suggested that a uniform superposition with random \emph{binary} phase is statistically indistinguishable from a Haar random state. That is, any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-27 Zvika Brakerski , Omri Shmueli

In this work we give an efficient construction of unitary $k$-designs using $\tilde{O}(k\cdot poly(n))$ quantum gates, as well as an efficient construction of a parallel-secure pseudorandom unitary (PRU). Both results are obtained by giving…

The Clifford group is a finite subgroup of the unitary group generated by the Hadamard, the CNOT, and the Phase gates. This group plays a prominent role in quantum error correction, randomized benchmarking protocols, and the study of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Sergey Bravyi , Ruslan Shaydulin , Shaohan Hu , Dmitri Maslov

Randomness is a fundamental resource in quantum information, with crucial applications in cryptography, algorithms, and error correction. A central challenge is to construct unitary $k$-designs that closely approximate Haar-random unitaries…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Lennart Bittel , Lorenzo Leone