The Power of Power-of-SWAP: Postselected Quantum Computation with the Exchange Interaction

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Autores principales: Burkat, Jędrzej, Strelchuk, Sergii, Studziński, Michał
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Publicado: 2026
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author Burkat, Jędrzej
Strelchuk, Sergii
Studziński, Michał
author_facet Burkat, Jędrzej
Strelchuk, Sergii
Studziński, Michał
contents We introduce Exchange Quantum Polynomial Time (XQP) circuits, which comprise quantum computation using only computational basis SPAM and the isotropic Heisenberg exchange interaction. Structurally, this sub-universal model captures decoherence-free subspace computation without access to singlet states. We show that XQP occupies an intermediate position between BPP and BQP, as its efficient multiplicative-error simulation would collapse the polynomial hierarchy to its third level. We further provide evidence that additive-error simulation of XQP would enable efficient additive-error simulation of arbitrary BQP computations. Remarkably, the restricted family of XQP circuits consisting solely of $\sqrt{\mathrm{SWAP}}$ gates remains hard to simulate to multiplicative error. We additionally prove that circuits generated by $\sqrt{\mathrm{SWAP}}$ gates are semi-universal, generate $t$-designs for the uniform distribution over $SU(2)$-invariant unitaries, and maximise the entangling power within XQP. Finally, we derive structural results linking computational basis states in XQP to the Gelfand-Tsetlin basis of the symmetric group, and expressing XQP output probabilities as partition functions of the six-vertex and Potts models. Our findings indicate that XQP circuits are naturally suited to near-term hardware and provide a promising platform for experimental demonstrations of quantum computational advantage.
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spellingShingle The Power of Power-of-SWAP: Postselected Quantum Computation with the Exchange Interaction
Burkat, Jędrzej
Strelchuk, Sergii
Studziński, Michał
Quantum Physics
We introduce Exchange Quantum Polynomial Time (XQP) circuits, which comprise quantum computation using only computational basis SPAM and the isotropic Heisenberg exchange interaction. Structurally, this sub-universal model captures decoherence-free subspace computation without access to singlet states. We show that XQP occupies an intermediate position between BPP and BQP, as its efficient multiplicative-error simulation would collapse the polynomial hierarchy to its third level. We further provide evidence that additive-error simulation of XQP would enable efficient additive-error simulation of arbitrary BQP computations. Remarkably, the restricted family of XQP circuits consisting solely of $\sqrt{\mathrm{SWAP}}$ gates remains hard to simulate to multiplicative error. We additionally prove that circuits generated by $\sqrt{\mathrm{SWAP}}$ gates are semi-universal, generate $t$-designs for the uniform distribution over $SU(2)$-invariant unitaries, and maximise the entangling power within XQP. Finally, we derive structural results linking computational basis states in XQP to the Gelfand-Tsetlin basis of the symmetric group, and expressing XQP output probabilities as partition functions of the six-vertex and Potts models. Our findings indicate that XQP circuits are naturally suited to near-term hardware and provide a promising platform for experimental demonstrations of quantum computational advantage.
title The Power of Power-of-SWAP: Postselected Quantum Computation with the Exchange Interaction
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28527