Classical shadows with arbitrary group representations
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| author | West, Maxwell Sauvage, Frederic Sen, Aniruddha Forestano, Roy Wierichs, David Killoran, Nathan Grinko, Dmitry Cerezo, M. Larocca, Martin |
| author_facet | West, Maxwell Sauvage, Frederic Sen, Aniruddha Forestano, Roy Wierichs, David Killoran, Nathan Grinko, Dmitry Cerezo, M. Larocca, Martin |
| contents | Classical shadows (CS) has recently emerged as an important framework to efficiently predict properties of an unknown quantum state. A common strategy in CS protocols is to parametrize the basis in which one measures the state by a random group action; many examples of this have been proposed and studied on a case-by-case basis. In this work, we present a unified theory that allows us to simultaneously understand CS protocols based on sampling from general group representations, extending previous approaches that worked in simplified (multiplicity-free) settings. We identify a class of measurement bases which we call "centralizing bases" that allows us to analytically characterize and invert the measurement channel, minimizing classical post-processing costs. We complement this analysis by deriving general bounds on the sample-complexity necessary to obtain estimates of a given precision. Beyond its unification of previous CS protocols, our method allows us to readily generate new protocols based on other groups, or different representations of previously considered ones. For example, we characterize novel shadow protocols based on sampling from the spin and tensor representations of $\textsf{SU}(2)$, symmetric and orthogonal groups, and the exceptional Lie group $G_2$. |
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| spellingShingle | Classical shadows with arbitrary group representations West, Maxwell Sauvage, Frederic Sen, Aniruddha Forestano, Roy Wierichs, David Killoran, Nathan Grinko, Dmitry Cerezo, M. Larocca, Martin Quantum Physics Classical shadows (CS) has recently emerged as an important framework to efficiently predict properties of an unknown quantum state. A common strategy in CS protocols is to parametrize the basis in which one measures the state by a random group action; many examples of this have been proposed and studied on a case-by-case basis. In this work, we present a unified theory that allows us to simultaneously understand CS protocols based on sampling from general group representations, extending previous approaches that worked in simplified (multiplicity-free) settings. We identify a class of measurement bases which we call "centralizing bases" that allows us to analytically characterize and invert the measurement channel, minimizing classical post-processing costs. We complement this analysis by deriving general bounds on the sample-complexity necessary to obtain estimates of a given precision. Beyond its unification of previous CS protocols, our method allows us to readily generate new protocols based on other groups, or different representations of previously considered ones. For example, we characterize novel shadow protocols based on sampling from the spin and tensor representations of $\textsf{SU}(2)$, symmetric and orthogonal groups, and the exceptional Lie group $G_2$. |
| title | Classical shadows with arbitrary group representations |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01429 |