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pith:2012:AVKK7GQUC6BSA4QYC52RXGKESM
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Local random quantum circuits are approximate polynomial-designs

Aram W. Harrow, Fernando G. S. L. Brandao, Michal Horodecki

arxiv:1208.0692 v4 · 2012-08-03 · quant-ph

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0554af9a14178320721817751b9944930bc0fb8851ef23201e0e8ded040c990a

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arxiv: 1208.0692 · arxiv_version: 1208.0692v4 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1208.0692 · pith_short_12: AVKK7GQUC6BS · pith_short_16: AVKK7GQUC6BSA4QY · pith_short_8: AVKK7GQU
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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/AVKK7GQUC6BSA4QYC52RXGKESM \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: 0554af9a14178320721817751b9944930bc0fb8851ef23201e0e8ded040c990a
Canonical record JSON
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