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Main Author: Kasai, Kenta
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05132
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contents For CSS syndrome decoding, the two check matrices impose binary parity-check constraints on the two Pauli error components. The posterior can therefore be written as a binary factor graph with two Tanner graphs coupled by the local joint prior at each qubit. We call the sum-product algorithm on this factorization joint belief propagation (joint BP). Joint BP retains the local channel correlation between the two Pauli components. This note compares joint BP with the four-state Pauli-label factor graph used for four-state BP. The two algorithms are shown to have the same posterior weights, messages, and beliefs after relabeling the four local Pauli states and marginalizing the irrelevant binary component.
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spellingShingle A Factor-Graph Formulation of CSS Syndrome Decoding: Joint BP and Four-State BP
Kasai, Kenta
Quantum Physics
Information Theory
For CSS syndrome decoding, the two check matrices impose binary parity-check constraints on the two Pauli error components. The posterior can therefore be written as a binary factor graph with two Tanner graphs coupled by the local joint prior at each qubit. We call the sum-product algorithm on this factorization joint belief propagation (joint BP). Joint BP retains the local channel correlation between the two Pauli components. This note compares joint BP with the four-state Pauli-label factor graph used for four-state BP. The two algorithms are shown to have the same posterior weights, messages, and beliefs after relabeling the four local Pauli states and marginalizing the irrelevant binary component.
title A Factor-Graph Formulation of CSS Syndrome Decoding: Joint BP and Four-State BP
topic Quantum Physics
Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.05132