Published March 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum-Merlin-Arthur-complete problems for stoquastic Hamiltonians and Markov matrices

  • 1. Department of Physics, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041, USA, and Institute for Quantum Information, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 6-304, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
  • 3. Institute for Quantum Information, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125 (United States)

Description

We show that finding the lowest eigenvalue of a 3-local symmetric stochastic matrix is Quantum-Merlin-Arthur-complete (QMA-complete). We also show that finding the highest energy of a stoquastic Hamiltonian is QMA-complete and that adiabatic quantum computation using certain excited states of a stoquastic Hamiltonian is universal. We also show that adiabatic evolution in the ground state of a stochastic frustration-free Hamiltonian is universal. Our results give a QMA-complete problem arising in the classical setting of Markov chains and adiabatically universal Hamiltonians that arise in many physical systems.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 032331-032331.10
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42001563
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EIGENVALUES; EVOLUTION; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATES; HAMILTONIANS; MARKOV PROCESS; MATRICES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTERS; ENERGY LEVELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES

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