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To establish a unified framework explaining the underlying mathematical structure that makes Clifford circuits and matchgates efficiently simulatable on classical computers.

August 16, 2026EPJ Quantum TechnologyOpen Access

Unified framework for efficiently computable quantum circuits

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IEIgor ErmakovSkolkovo Institute of Science and Technology OLOleg LychkovskiySkolkovo Institute of Science and Technology TBTim ByrnesNew York University Abu Dhabi

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates operator spreading dynamics in quantum circuits, indicating a method to bound classical simulation complexity under decoherence.

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To establish a unified framework explaining the underlying mathematical structure that makes Clifford circuits and matchgates efficiently simulatable on classical computers.
Analyzed operator transformations in the Heisenberg picture by modeling operator spread across a network of basis operators.
Evaluated operator amplitude distributions and tracked the growth, saturation, and decoherence-driven decay of suprathreshold operators.
Demonstrated that operator amplitudes in random universal quantum circuits adhere to a single-variable Porter-Thomas distribution.
Showed that the count of significant operators displays initial exponential growth followed by saturation, transitioning to exponential decay in the presence of decoherence.
Proved that the number of significant operators directly determines algorithm complexity while allowing controlled error bounds during classical simulation.

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Ermakov et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8178fcf2fb91fc834ac236 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-026-00557-0

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates operator spreading dynamics in quantum circuits, indicating a method to bound classical simulation complexity under decoherence.

Unified framework for efficiently computable quantum circuits

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