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Classical Algorithm for the Mean Value problem over Short-Time Hamiltonian Evolutions

Quantum Physics 2023-01-30 v1

Abstract

Simulating physical systems has been an important application of classical and quantum computers. In this article we present an efficient classical algorithm for simulating time-dependent quantum mechanical Hamiltonians over constant periods of time. The algorithm presented here computes the mean value of an observable over the output state of such short-time Hamiltonian evolutions. In proving the performance of this algorithm we use Lieb-Robinson type bounds to limit the evolution of local operators within a lightcone. This allows us to divide the task of simulating a large quantum system into smaller systems that can be handled on normal classical computers.

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@article{arxiv.2301.11420,
  title  = {Classical Algorithm for the Mean Value problem over Short-Time Hamiltonian Evolutions},
  author = {Reyhaneh Aghaei Saem and Ali Hamed Moosavian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.11420},
  year   = {2023}
}
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