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An Introduction to Cartan's KAK Decomposition for QC Programmers

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abstract

This paper presents no new results; its goals are purely pedagogical. A special case of the Cartan Decomposition has found much utility in the field of quantum computing, especially in its sub-field of quantum compiling. This special case allows one to factor a general 2-qubit operation (i.e., an element of U(4)) into local operations applied before and after a three parameter, non-local operation. In this paper, we give a complete and rigorous proof of this special case of Cartan's Decomposition. From the point of view of QC programmers who might not be familiar with the subtleties of Lie Group Theory, the proof given here has the virtues, that it is constructive in nature, and that it uses only Linear Algebra. The constructive proof presented in this paper is implemented in some Octave/Matlab m-files that are included with the paper. Thus, this paper serves as documentation for the attached m-files.

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quant-ph · 2026-06-28 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Lie group diffusion models combine a discrete circuit skeleton selector with continuous diffusion on SU(2) ≃ S³ to synthesize hardware-aware quantum circuits, outperforming baselines on three-qubit Hamiltonian simulation targets.

Spin qubit operations by conveyor-mode shuttling

cond-mat.mes-hall · 2026-06-19 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Conveyor-mode electron shuttling enables high-fidelity single-qubit rotations via EDSR and tunable two-qubit interactions via diabatic gates in semiconductor spin qubits.

Universal Euler-Cartan Circuits for Quantum Field Theories

quant-ph · 2024-07-31 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Presents a universal parametrized quantum circuit ansatz based on Euler-Cartan decompositions, benchmarked on energy spectra of lattice QFT models with short- and long-range interactions.

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