Generalised Coupling and An Elementary Algorithm for the Quantum Schur Transform

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author Wills, Adam
Strelchuk, Sergii
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Strelchuk, Sergii
contents The quantum Schur transform is a fundamental building block that maps the computational basis to a coupled basis consisting of irreducible representations of the unitary and symmetric groups. Equivalently, it may be regarded as a change of basis from the computational basis to a simultaneous spin eigenbasis of Permutational Quantum Computing (PQC) [Quantum Inf. Comput., 10, 470-497 (2010)]. By adopting the latter perspective, we present a transparent algorithm for implementing the qubit quantum Schur transform which uses $O(\log(n))$ ancillas and can be decomposed into a sequence of $O(n^3\log(n)\log(\frac{n}ε))$ Clifford + T gates, where $ε$ is the accuracy of the algorithm in terms of the trace norm. We discuss the necessity for some applications of implementing this operation as a unitary rather than an isometry, as is often presented. By studying the associated Schur states, which consist of qubits coupled via Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, we introduce the notion of generally coupled quantum states. We present six conditions, which in different combinations ensure the efficient preparation of these states on a quantum computer or their classical simulability (in the sense of computational tractability). It is shown that Wigner 6-j symbols and SU(N) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients naturally fit our framework. Finally, we investigate unitary transformations which preserve the class of computationally tractable states.
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spellingShingle Generalised Coupling and An Elementary Algorithm for the Quantum Schur Transform
Wills, Adam
Strelchuk, Sergii
Quantum Physics
The quantum Schur transform is a fundamental building block that maps the computational basis to a coupled basis consisting of irreducible representations of the unitary and symmetric groups. Equivalently, it may be regarded as a change of basis from the computational basis to a simultaneous spin eigenbasis of Permutational Quantum Computing (PQC) [Quantum Inf. Comput., 10, 470-497 (2010)]. By adopting the latter perspective, we present a transparent algorithm for implementing the qubit quantum Schur transform which uses $O(\log(n))$ ancillas and can be decomposed into a sequence of $O(n^3\log(n)\log(\frac{n}ε))$ Clifford + T gates, where $ε$ is the accuracy of the algorithm in terms of the trace norm. We discuss the necessity for some applications of implementing this operation as a unitary rather than an isometry, as is often presented. By studying the associated Schur states, which consist of qubits coupled via Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, we introduce the notion of generally coupled quantum states. We present six conditions, which in different combinations ensure the efficient preparation of these states on a quantum computer or their classical simulability (in the sense of computational tractability). It is shown that Wigner 6-j symbols and SU(N) Clebsch-Gordan coefficients naturally fit our framework. Finally, we investigate unitary transformations which preserve the class of computationally tractable states.
title Generalised Coupling and An Elementary Algorithm for the Quantum Schur Transform
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.04069