Simulating Sparse Hamiltonians with Star Decompositions

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DOI10.1007/978-3-642-18073-6_8zbMATH Open1309.68075arXiv1003.3683OpenAlexW1741741009MaRDI QIDQ3070979FDOQ3070979


Authors: Andrew M. Childs, Robin Kothari Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 January 2011

Published in: Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptography (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present an efficient algorithm for simulating the time evolution due to a sparse Hamiltonian. In terms of the maximum degree d and dimension N of the space on which the Hamiltonian H acts for time t, this algorithm uses (d^2(d+log* N)||Ht||)^{1+o(1)} queries. This improves the complexity of the sparse Hamiltonian simulation algorithm of Berry, Ahokas, Cleve, and Sanders, which scales like (d^4(log* N)||Ht||)^{1+o(1)}. To achieve this, we decompose a general sparse Hamiltonian into a small sum of Hamiltonians whose graphs of non-zero entries have the property that every connected component is a star, and efficiently simulate each of these pieces.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.3683




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