Quantum algorithms for invariants of triangulated manifolds

zbMATH Open1263.81109arXiv1108.5424MaRDI QIDQ4903864FDOQ4903864

Authors: Gorjan Alagic, Edgar Bering IV 

Publication date: 28 January 2013

Abstract: One of the apparent advantages of quantum computers over their classical counterparts is their ability to efficiently contract tensor networks. In this article, we study some implications of this fact in the case of topological tensor networks. The graph underlying these networks is given by the triangulation of a manifold, and the structure of the tensors ensures that the overall tensor is independent of the choice of internal triangulation. This leads to quantum algorithms for additively approximating certain invariants of triangulated manifolds. We discuss the details of this construction in two specific cases. In the first case, we consider triangulated surfaces, where the triangle tensor is defined by the multiplication operator of a finite group; the resulting invariant has a simple closed-form expression involving the dimensions of the irreducible representations of the group and the Euler characteristic of the surface. In the second case, we consider triangulated 3-manifolds, where the tetrahedral tensor is defined by the so-called Fibonacci anyon model; the resulting invariant is the well-known Turaev-Viro invariant of 3-manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5424

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum algorithms and complexity in the theory of computing (68Q12) Quantum computation (81P68) Computational methods for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-08) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15)

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