QMA vs. QCMA and Pseudorandomness

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Autores principales: Liu, Jiahui, Mutreja, Saachi, Yuen, Henry
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Publicado: 2024
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author Liu, Jiahui
Mutreja, Saachi
Yuen, Henry
author_facet Liu, Jiahui
Mutreja, Saachi
Yuen, Henry
contents We study a longstanding question of Aaronson and Kuperberg on whether there exists a classical oracle separating $\mathsf{QMA}$ from $\mathsf{QCMA}$. Settling this question in either direction would yield insight into the power of quantum proofs over classical proofs. We show that such an oracle exists if a certain quantum pseudorandomness conjecture holds. Roughly speaking, the conjecture posits that quantum algorithms cannot, by making few queries, distinguish between the uniform distribution over permutations versus permutations drawn from so-called "dense" distributions. Our result can be viewed as establishing a "win-win" scenario: either there is a classical oracle separation of $\mathsf{QMA}$ from $\mathsf{QCMA}$, or there is quantum advantage in distinguishing pseudorandom distributions on permutations.
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spellingShingle QMA vs. QCMA and Pseudorandomness
Liu, Jiahui
Mutreja, Saachi
Yuen, Henry
Quantum Physics
Computational Complexity
We study a longstanding question of Aaronson and Kuperberg on whether there exists a classical oracle separating $\mathsf{QMA}$ from $\mathsf{QCMA}$. Settling this question in either direction would yield insight into the power of quantum proofs over classical proofs. We show that such an oracle exists if a certain quantum pseudorandomness conjecture holds. Roughly speaking, the conjecture posits that quantum algorithms cannot, by making few queries, distinguish between the uniform distribution over permutations versus permutations drawn from so-called "dense" distributions. Our result can be viewed as establishing a "win-win" scenario: either there is a classical oracle separation of $\mathsf{QMA}$ from $\mathsf{QCMA}$, or there is quantum advantage in distinguishing pseudorandom distributions on permutations.
title QMA vs. QCMA and Pseudorandomness
topic Quantum Physics
Computational Complexity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14416