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Qubit stabilizer states are complex projective 3-designs

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A complex projective $t$-design is a configuration of vectors which is ``evenly distributed'' on a sphere in the sense that sampling uniformly from it reproduces the moments of Haar measure up to order $2t$. We show that the set of all $n$-qubit stabilizer states forms a complex projective $3$-design in dimension $2^n$. Stabilizer states had previously only been known to constitute $2$-designs. The main technical ingredient is a general recursion formula for the so-called frame potential of stabilizer states. To establish it, we need to compute the number of stabilizer states with pre-described inner product with respect to a reference state. This, in turn, reduces to a counting problem in discrete symplectic vector spaces for which we find a simple formula. We sketch applications in quantum information and signal analysis.

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(Pseudo) Random Quantum States with Binary Phase

quant-ph · 2019-06-25 · unverdicted · novelty 8.0

Uniform superpositions with random binary phases are exponentially close in trace distance to Haar-random states for polynomially many copies, enabling pseudorandom quantum state constructions from post-quantum PRFs and low-depth t-designs.

Mutually Unbiased Bases in Composite Dimensions -- A Review

quant-ph · 2024-10-31 · unverdicted · novelty 2.0

This review compiles fourteen equivalent formulations of the open existence problem for maximal mutually unbiased bases in composite dimensions and summarizes known analytic, computer-aided and numerical results along with potential solution strategies.

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  • (Pseudo) Random Quantum States with Binary Phase quant-ph · 2019-06-25 · unverdicted · none · ref 6 · internal anchor

    Uniform superpositions with random binary phases are exponentially close in trace distance to Haar-random states for polynomially many copies, enabling pseudorandom quantum state constructions from post-quantum PRFs and low-depth t-designs.

  • Single-copy stabilizer learning: average case and worst case quant-ph · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 4

    Log-depth circuits suffice for average-case single-copy stabilizer learning with t=O(log n), but worst-case adaptive single-copy learning requires exp(t) samples.

  • Mutually Unbiased Bases in Composite Dimensions -- A Review quant-ph · 2024-10-31 · unverdicted · none · ref 239 · internal anchor

    This review compiles fourteen equivalent formulations of the open existence problem for maximal mutually unbiased bases in composite dimensions and summarizes known analytic, computer-aided and numerical results along with potential solution strategies.

  • Quantum Complexity and New Directions in Nuclear Physics and High-Energy Physics Phenomenology quant-ph · 2026-04-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 109

    A review of how quantum information science is expected to provide new tools and insights for nuclear and high-energy physics phenomenology and quantum simulations.