Product, generic, and random generic quantum satisfiability
- 1. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)
- 2. Max Planck Institut feur Physik Komplexer Systeme, D-01187 Dresden (Germany)
- 3. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, I-34014 Trieste (Italy)
Description
We report a cluster of results on k-QSAT, the problem of quantum satisfiability for k-qubit projectors which generalizes classical satisfiability with k-bit clauses to the quantum setting. First we define the NP-complete problem of product satisfiability and give a geometrical criterion for deciding when a QSAT interaction graph is product satisfiable with positive probability. We show that the same criterion suffices to establish quantum satisfiability for all projectors. Second, we apply these results to the random graph ensemble with generic projectors and obtain improved lower bounds on the location of the SAT-unSAT transition. Third, we present numerical results on random, generic satisfiability which provide estimates for the location of the transition for k=3 and k=4 and mild evidence for the existence of a phase which is satisfiable by entangled states alone.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.062345;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0910.2058v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 062345-062345.8
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42033854
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY LEVELS; GRAPH THEORY; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUBITS; RANDOMNESS
- Descriptors DEC
- INFORMATION; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; QUANTUM INFORMATION
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- Notes
- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society