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An Algorithm for Estimating $\alpha$-Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropies via Purity

Quantum Physics 2026-04-21 v2

Abstract

Non-stabilizerness, or magic, is a resource for universal quantum computation in most fault-tolerant architectures; access to states with non-stabilizerness allows for non-classically simulable quantum computation to be performed. Quantifying this resource for unknown states is therefore essential to assessing their utility in quantum computation. The Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropies have emerged as a leading tool for achieving this, having already enabled one efficient algorithm for measuring non-stabilizerness. In addition, the Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropies have proven useful in developing connections between non-stabilizerness and other quantum phenomena. In this work, we introduce an alternative algorithm for measuring the Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropies of an unknown quantum state. Firstly, we show the existence of a state, produced from the action of a channel on α\alpha copies of some \ben{state ρ\rho}, that encodes the α\alpha-Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropy of ρ\rho into its purity. We detail several methods of applying this channel, and then, by employing existing purity-measuring algorithms, provide an algorithm for measuring the α\alpha-Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropies for all integers α>1\alpha>1. This algorithm is benchmarked for qubits and the resource requirements compared to other known algorithms. Finally, a non-stabilizerness/entanglement relationship is shown to exist in the algorithm, demonstrating a novel relationship between the two resources, before an instance of resource hiding is found.

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@article{arxiv.2507.02540,
  title  = {An Algorithm for Estimating $\alpha$-Stabilizer R\'enyi Entropies via Purity},
  author = {Benjamin Stratton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.02540},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6 + 6 pages, 2 figures

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