From reversible computation to quantum computation by Lagrange interpolation

MaRDI QIDQ6258741zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alexis De Vos, Stijn De Baerdemacker

Publication date 3 February 2015

Abstract: Classical reversible circuits, acting on $w$~bits, are represented by permutation matrices of size $2^{w}imes{2}^w$. Those matrices form the group P($2^w$), isomorphic to the symmetric group {�f S}${}_{2^w}$. The permutation group P($n$), isomorphic to {�f S}${}_n$, contains cycles with length~$p$, ranging from~1 to $L(n)$, where $L(n)$ is the so-called Landau function. By Lagrange interpolation between the $p$~matrices of the cycle, we step from a finite cyclic group of order~$p$ to a 1-dimensional Lie group, subgroup of the unitary group U($n$). As U($2^w$) is the group of all possible quantum circuits, acting on $w$~qubits, such interpolation is a natural way to step from classical computation to quantum computation.

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