pith. sign in

hub Canonical reference

Optimal ancilla-free Clifford+T approximation of z-rotations

Canonical reference. 78% of citing Pith papers cite this work as background.

20 Pith papers citing it
Background 78% of classified citations
abstract

We consider the problem of approximating arbitrary single-qubit z-rotations by ancilla-free Clifford+T circuits, up to given epsilon. We present a fast new probabilistic algorithm for solving this problem optimally, i.e., for finding the shortest possible circuit whatsoever for the given problem instance. The algorithm requires a factoring oracle (such as a quantum computer). Even in the absence of a factoring oracle, the algorithm is still near-optimal under a mild number-theoretic hypothesis. In this case, the algorithm finds a solution of T-count m + O(log(log(1/epsilon))), where m is the T-count of the second-to-optimal solution. In the typical case, this yields circuit approximations of T-count 3log_2(1/epsilon) + O(log(log(1/epsilon))). Our algorithm is efficient in practice, and provably efficient under the above-mentioned number-theoretic hypothesis, in the sense that its expected runtime is O(polylog(1/epsilon)).

hub tools

citation-role summary

background 7 method 2

citation-polarity summary

representative citing papers

Magic state cultivation: growing T states as cheap as CNOT gates

quant-ph · 2024-09-26 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Magic state cultivation prepares high-fidelity T states with an order of magnitude fewer qubit-rounds than prior distillation methods by gradually growing them within a surface code under depolarizing noise.

C-Phase-Aware Compilation for Efficient Fault-Tolerant Quantum Execution

quant-ph · 2026-05-13 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A microarchitecture-aware compiler for lattice surgery that exploits C-Phase commutativity to enable concurrent multi-target operations and dynamic event-driven scheduling, cutting execution time by up to 59.7 times versus standard baselines.

Price and Payoff: Non-Determinism in Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation

quant-ph · 2026-05-08 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Stochastic magic-state production in fault-tolerant quantum computing inflates execution time but reduces peak resource demand, allowing stochastic-aware factory allocation to cut space-time volume by up to 27% and factories by up to 30% versus deterministic optima.

Ether of Orbifolds

hep-lat · 2026-03-31 · accept · novelty 6.0

Orbifold lattices incur m^4 Trotter overhead, m^2 contamination, and mandatory mass extrapolation, rendering them 10^4 to 10^10 times costlier than alternatives for a 10^3 calculation.

Space and Time Cost of Continuous Rotations in Surface Codes

quant-ph · 2025-08-08 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Catalyst towers reduce runtime and spacetime volume for continuous rotations in surface codes at small and medium distances in phase oracle and variational state preparation circuits for option pricing.

citing papers explorer

Showing 20 of 20 citing papers.