Hunting for quantum-classical crossover in condensed matter problems

N Yoshioka, T Okubo, Y Suzuki, Y Koizumi… - npj Quantum …, 2024 - nature.com
The intensive pursuit for quantum advantage in terms of computational complexity has
further led to a modernized crucial question of when and how will quantum computers …

Quantum search-to-decision reductions and the state synthesis problem

S Irani, A Natarajan, C Nirkhe, S Rao… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
It is a useful fact in classical computer science that many search problems are reducible to
decision problems; this has led to decision problems being regarded as the $\textit {de facto} …

Pulse-based variational quantum optimization and metalearning in superconducting circuits

Y Wang, Y Ding, FA Cárdenas-López, X Chen - Physical Review Applied, 2024 - APS
Solving optimization problems using variational algorithms stands out as a crucial
application for noisy intermediate-scale devices. Instead of constructing gate-based …

Quantum Merlin-Arthur and proofs without relative phase

R Bassirian, B Fefferman, K Marwaha - arxiv preprint arxiv:2306.13247, 2023 - arxiv.org
We study a variant of QMA where quantum proofs have no relative phase (ie non-negative
amplitudes, up to a global phase). If only completeness is modified, this class is equal to …

Advancing Quantum Computing with Formal Methods

AJ Quist, J Mei, T Coopmans, A Laarman - International Symposium on …, 2024 - Springer
This tutorial introduces quantum computing with a focus on the applicability of formal
methods in this relatively new domain. We describe quantum circuits and convey an …

Universal noise-precision relations in variational quantum algorithms

K Ito, W Mizukami, K Fujii - Physical Review Research, 2023 - APS
Variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) are expected to become a practical application of
near-term noisy quantum computers. Although the effect of the noise crucially determines …

General conditions for universality of quantum Hamiltonians

T Kohler, S Piddock, J Bausch, T Cubitt - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
Recent work has demonstrated the existence of universal Hamiltonians—simple spin-lattice
models that can simulate any other quantum many-body system to any desired level of …

The pursuit of uniqueness: Extending Valiant-Vazirani theorem to the probabilistic and quantum settings

D Aharonov, M Ben-Or, FGSL Brandao, O Sattath - Quantum, 2022 - quantum-journal.org
The Pursuit of Uniqueness: Extending Valiant-Vazirani Theorem to the Probabilistic and
Quantum Settings – Quantum Skip to content Quantum the open journal for quantum science …

Quantum generalizations of the polynomial hierarchy with applications to QMA (2)

S Gharibian, M Santha, J Sikora, A Sundaram… - computational …, 2022 - Springer
The polynomial-time hierarchy (PH) has proven to be a powerful tool for providing
separations in computational complexity theory (modulo standard conjectures such as PH …

The complexity of approximating critical points of quantum phase transitions

JD Watson, J Bausch - arxiv preprint arxiv:2105.13350, 2021 - arxiv.org
Phase diagrams chart material properties with respect to one or more external or internal
parameters such as pressure or magnetisation; as such, they play a fundamental role in …