Harmonic sequence state-preparation

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Main Authors: Rempfer, Benjamin, Kuklinski, Parker, Elenewski, Justin, Obenland, Kevin
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Published: 2026
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author Rempfer, Benjamin
Kuklinski, Parker
Elenewski, Justin
Obenland, Kevin
author_facet Rempfer, Benjamin
Kuklinski, Parker
Elenewski, Justin
Obenland, Kevin
contents We demonstrate an efficient circuit to prepare a quantum state with amplitudes proportional to a harmonic sequence. We do this by first preparing a large quantum state with linearly related amplitudes and then applying a quantum Fourier transform; this has a direct analogy to the fact that the Fourier coefficients of a sawtooth wave follow a harmonic sequence. We then consider an extension of this problem by block-encoding a matrix with a harmonic sequence along its diagonal. The cost of both circuits is dominated by the costs associated with the quantum Fourier transform.
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spellingShingle Harmonic sequence state-preparation
Rempfer, Benjamin
Kuklinski, Parker
Elenewski, Justin
Obenland, Kevin
Quantum Physics
We demonstrate an efficient circuit to prepare a quantum state with amplitudes proportional to a harmonic sequence. We do this by first preparing a large quantum state with linearly related amplitudes and then applying a quantum Fourier transform; this has a direct analogy to the fact that the Fourier coefficients of a sawtooth wave follow a harmonic sequence. We then consider an extension of this problem by block-encoding a matrix with a harmonic sequence along its diagonal. The cost of both circuits is dominated by the costs associated with the quantum Fourier transform.
title Harmonic sequence state-preparation
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23664