Published June 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

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.

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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

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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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