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The problem of finding minimizing geodesics for a manifold M with a sub-Riemannian structure is equivalent to the time optimal control of a driftless system on M with a bound on the control. We consider here a class of sub-Riemannian…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-30 Domenico D'Alessandro , Benjamin Sheller

A unitary operator U=\sum u_{j,k} |k><j| is called diagonal when u_{j,k}=0 unless j=k. The definition extends to quantum computations, where j and k vary over the 2^n binary expressions for integers 0,1 ..., 2^n-1, given n qubits. Such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen S. Bullock , Igor L. Markov

From statistical distinguishability of probability distributions, one can define distinguishability of quantum states. A corresponding measurement to perform, optimal in a definite sense, for distinguishing between two given states rho_A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Asa Ericsson

Unitary and non-unitary diagonal operators are fundamental building blocks in quantum algorithms with applications in the resolution of partial differential equations, Hamiltonian simulations, the loading of classical data on quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Julien Zylberman , Ugo Nzongani , Andrea Simonetto , Fabrice Debbasch

In many singular metric spaces, the regularity of a shortest-length curve is unknown. Algebraic varieties, or more generally sets defined by finitely many polynomial or real analytic equalities or inequalities, all locally partition into…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Chengcheng Yang

We analyze state preparation within a restricted space of local control parameters between adiabatically connected states of control Hamiltonians. We formulate a conjecture that the time integral of energy fluctuations over the protocol…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-22 Marin Bukov , Dries Sels , Anatoli Polkovnikov

To harness the potential of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, it is paramount to find the best type of circuits to run hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. Key candidates are parametrized quantum circuits that can be effectively…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-28 Tobias Haug , Kishor Bharti , M. S. Kim

We give bounds on geodesic distances on the Stiefel manifold, derived from new geometric insights. The considered geodesic distances are induced by the one-parameter family of Riemannian metrics introduced by H\"uper et al. (2021), which…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-15 Simon Mataigne , P. -A. Absil , Nina Miolane

We question the emergence of a minimal length in quantum spacetime, comparing two notions that appeared at various points in the literature: on the one side, the quantum length as the spectrum of an operator L in the Doplicher Fredenhagen…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-21 Pierre Martinetti , Flavio Mercati , Luca Tomassini

In Nielsen's geometric approach to quantum complexity, the introduction of a suitable geometrical space, based on the Lie group formed by fundamental operators, facilitates the identification of complexity through geodesic distance in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 Satyaki Chowdhury , Martin Bojowald , Jakub Mielczarek

Decomposing Pauli exponentials efficiently to quantum circuits has been the subject of intense research in recent years. Pauli exponentials are an essential component of many different quantum algorithms. Due to the error-prone nature of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Lauri Vuorenkoski , Arianne Meijer-van de Griend

An $s{\operatorname{-}}t$ minimum cut in a graph corresponds to a minimum weight subset of edges whose removal disconnects vertices $s$ and $t$. Finding such a cut is a classic problem that is dual to that of finding a maximum flow from $s$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-06 Simon Apers , Arinta Auza , Troy Lee

The quantum geometric tensor (QGT) provides nontrivial bounds among physical quantities, as exemplified by the metric-curvature inequality. In this paper, we investigate various bounds for different observables through certain…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-28 Koki Shinada , Naoto Nagaosa

Noisy intermediate scale quantum computers are useful for various tasks such as state preparation and variational quantum algorithms. However, the non-Euclidean quantum geometry of parameterized quantum circuits is detrimental for these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-31 Tobias Haug , M. S. Kim

This thesis is devoted to the Differential Geometry of curves and surfaces along with applications in Quantum Mechanics. In the 1st part we introduce the well known Frenet frame. Later, we show that the curvature function is a lower bound…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Luiz C. B. da Silva

We extend the work in New J. Phys. 19, 103015 (2017) by deriving a lower bound for the minimum time necessary to implement a unitary transformation on a generic, closed quantum system with an arbitrary number of classical control fields.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Juneseo Lee , Christian Arenz , Herschel Rabitz , Benjamin Russell

A continuous-time quantum walk is modelled using a graph. In this short paper, we provide lower bounds on the size of a graph that would allow for some quantum phenomena to occur. Among other things, we show that, in the adjacency matrix…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-23 Gabriel Coutinho

We construct $\varepsilon$-approximate unitary $k$-designs on $n$ qubits in circuit depth $O(\log k \log \log n k / \varepsilon)$. The depth is exponentially improved over all known results in all three parameters $n$, $k$, $\varepsilon$.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Laura Cui , Thomas Schuster , Fernando Brandao , Hsin-Yuan Huang

Quantum state tomography is a fundamental problem in quantum computing. Given $n$ copies of an unknown $N$-qubit state $\rho \in \mathbb{C}^{d \times d},d=2^N$, the goal is to learn the state up to an accuracy $\epsilon$ in trace distance,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-26 Jayadev Acharya , Abhilash Dharmavarapu , Yuhan Liu , Nengkun Yu

The notions of minimum geometrical length and minimum length scale are discussed with reference to correlation functions obtained from in-in and in-out amplitudes in quantum field theory. Whereas the in-in propagator for metric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-15 Roberto Casadio , Wenbin Feng , Ibere Kuntz , Fabio Scardigli