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In this work we study the relationship between quantum random walks on graphs and Krylov/spread complexity. We show that the latter's definition naturally emerges through a canonical method of reducing a graph to a chain, on which we can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-24 Dimitrios Patramanis , Watse Sybesma

Based on a closed form expression for the path integral of quantum transition amplitudes, we suggest rigorous definitions of both, quantum instantons and quantum chaos. As an example we compute the quantum instanton of the double well…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-15 H. Jirari , H. Kröger , X. Q. Luo , K. J. M. Moriarty , S. G. Rubin

This Thesis explores the notion of Krylov complexity as a probe of quantum chaos and as a candidate for holographic complexity. The first Part is devoted to presenting the fundamental notions required to conduct research in this area.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-08 A. Sánchez-Garrido

In this paper, we study the Krylov complexity ($K$) from the planar/inflationary patch of the de Sitter space using the two mode squeezed state formalism in the presence of an effective field having sound speed $c_s$. From our analysis, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-09 Kiran Adhikari , Sayantan Choudhury

The concept of \emph{complexity} has become pivotal in multiple disciplines, including quantum information, where it serves as an alternative metric for gauging the chaotic evolution of a quantum state. This paper focuses on \emph{Krylov…

Quantum complexity, suitably defined, has been suggested as an important probe of late-time dynamics of black holes, particularly in the context of AdS/CFT. A notion of quantum complexity can be effectively captured by quantifying the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-20 E. Rabinovici , A. Sánchez-Garrido , R. Shir , J. Sonner

Krylov complexity, or K-complexity for short, has recently emerged as a new probe of chaos in quantum systems. It is a measure of operator growth in Krylov space, which conjecturally bounds the operator growth measured by the out of time…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-04 Anatoly Dymarsky , Michael Smolkin

We examine the complexity of quasi-static chaotic open quantum systems. As a prototypical example, we analytically compute the Krylov complexity of a slowly leaking hard-sphere gas using Berry's conjecture. We then connect it to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-05 Vyshnav Mohan

Quantum simulation of complex many-body systems beyond classical computational capabilities provides a promising route toward understanding novel quantum phases and their transitions. In particular, analog quantum simulators with global…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-11 Shuo Zhang , Yuzhi Tong , Pengfei Zhang , Zeyu Liu

We analyze the properties of Krylov state complexity in qubit dynamics, considering a single qubit and a qubit pair. A geometrical picture of the Krylov complexity is discussed for the single-qubit case, whereas it becomes non-trivial for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-18 Siddharth Seetharaman , Chetanya Singh , Rejish Nath

We investigate many-body dynamics where the evolution is governed by unitary circuits through the lens of `Krylov complexity', a recently proposed measure of complexity and quantum chaos. We extend the formalism of Krylov complexity to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-30 Philippe Suchsland , Roderich Moessner , Pieter W. Claeys

In recent years, there has been growing interest in characterizing the complexity of quantum evolutions of interacting many-body systems. When a time-independent Hamiltonian governs the dynamics, Krylov complexity has emerged as a powerful…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Gastón F. Scialchi , Augusto J. Roncaglia , Carlos Pineda , Diego A. Wisniacki

The complexity of quantum states under dynamical evolution can be investigated by studying the spread with time of the state over a pre-defined basis. It is known that this complexity is minimised by choosing the Krylov basis, thus defining…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Amin A. Nizami , Ankit W. Shrestha

In this work, we investigate the Krylov complexity in quantum optical systems subject to time--dependent classical external fields. We focus on various interacting quantum optical models, including a collection of two--level atoms, photonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-09 Abhishek Chowdhury , Aryabrat Mahapatra

Signatures of chaos can be understood by studying quantum systems whose classical counterpart is chaotic. However, the concepts of integrability, non-integrability and chaos extend to systems without a classical analogue. Here, we first…

Krylov complexity, as a novel measure of operator complexity under Heisenberg evolution, exhibits many interesting universal behaviors and also bounds many other complexity measures. In this work, we study Krylov complexity $\mathcal{K}(t)$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-01 Haifeng Tang

We investigate the Krylov complexity of thermofield double states in systems with mixed phase space, uncovering a direct correlation with the Brody distribution, which interpolates between Poisson and Wigner statistics. Our analysis spans…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-19 Kyoung-Bum Huh , Hyun-Sik Jeong , Leopoldo A. Pando Zayas , Juan F. Pedraza

Krylov complexity (K-complexity) is a measure of quantum state complexity that minimizes wavefunction spreading across all the possible bases. It serves as a key indicator of operator growth and quantum chaos. In this work, K-complexity and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 J. Bharathi Kannan , Sreeram PG , Sanku Paul , S. Harshini Tekur , M. S. Santhanam

In analogy of classical Kolmogorov complexity we develop a theory of the algorithmic information in bits contained in any one of continuously many pure quantum states: quantum Kolmogorov complexity. Classical Kolmogorov complexity coincides…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul Vitanyi

Quantum chaotic systems are conjectured to display a spectrum whose fine-grained features (gaps and correlations) are well described by Random Matrix Theory (RMT). We propose and develop a complementary version of this conjecture: quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-08 Vijay Balasubramanian , Javier M. Magan , Qingyue Wu