Quantum k-SAT Related Hypergraph Problems

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Autori principali: Kremer, Simon-Luca, Rudolph, Dorian, Gharibian, Sevag
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Kremer, Simon-Luca
Rudolph, Dorian
Gharibian, Sevag
author_facet Kremer, Simon-Luca
Rudolph, Dorian
Gharibian, Sevag
contents The Quantum k-SAT problem is the quantum generalization of the k-SAT problem. It is the problem whether a given local Hamiltonian is frustration-free. Frustration-free means that the ground state of the k-local Hamiltonian minimizes the energy of every local interaction term simultaneously. This is a central question in quantum physics and a canonical QMA_1-complete problem. The Quantum k-SAT problem is not as well studied as the classical k-SAT problem in terms of special tractable cases, approximation algorithms and parameterized complexity. In this paper, we will give a graph-theoretic study of the Quantum k-SAT problem with the structures core and radius. These hypergraph structures are important to solve the Quantum k-SAT problem. We can solve a Quantum k-SAT instance in polynomial time if the derived hypergraph has a core of size n-m+a, where a is a constant, and the radius is at most logarithmic. If it exists, we can find a core of size n-m+a with the best possible radius in polynomial time, whereas finding a general minimum core with minimal radius is NP-hard.
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Kremer, Simon-Luca
Rudolph, Dorian
Gharibian, Sevag
Computational Complexity
Quantum Physics
The Quantum k-SAT problem is the quantum generalization of the k-SAT problem. It is the problem whether a given local Hamiltonian is frustration-free. Frustration-free means that the ground state of the k-local Hamiltonian minimizes the energy of every local interaction term simultaneously. This is a central question in quantum physics and a canonical QMA_1-complete problem. The Quantum k-SAT problem is not as well studied as the classical k-SAT problem in terms of special tractable cases, approximation algorithms and parameterized complexity. In this paper, we will give a graph-theoretic study of the Quantum k-SAT problem with the structures core and radius. These hypergraph structures are important to solve the Quantum k-SAT problem. We can solve a Quantum k-SAT instance in polynomial time if the derived hypergraph has a core of size n-m+a, where a is a constant, and the radius is at most logarithmic. If it exists, we can find a core of size n-m+a with the best possible radius in polynomial time, whereas finding a general minimum core with minimal radius is NP-hard.
title Quantum k-SAT Related Hypergraph Problems
topic Computational Complexity
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17066