Permutational quantum computing

  • Authors:
  • Stephen P. Jordan

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Quantum Information, California Institute of Technology

  • Venue:
  • Quantum Information & Computation
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In topological quantum computation the geometric details of a particle trajectory areirrelevant; only the topology matters. Taking this one step further, we consider a model ofcomputation that disregards even the topology of the particle trajectory, and computesby permuting particles. Whereas topological quantum computation requires anyons,permutational quantum computation can be performed with ordinary spin-1/2 particles,using a variant of the spin-network scheme of Marzuoli and Rasetti. We do not knowwhether permutational computation is universal. It may represent a new complexityclass within BQP. Nevertheless, permutational quantum computers can in polynomialtime approximate matrix elements of certain irreducible representations of the symmetricgroup and approximate certain transition amplitudes from the Ponzano-Regge spin foammodel of quantum gravity. No polynomial time classical algorithms for these problemsare known.