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This research introduces a novel quantum algorithm capable of estimating integral-homology torsion order, a capability previously unattainable by classical methods for specific topological structures. By leveraging quantum spectral methods to analyze log pseudodeterminants, the study achieves quadratic query advantages over randomized classical algorithms for certain benchmark families. This advancement represents a significant step toward utilizing quantum computing to resolve limitations in topological data analysis and graph-based machine learning applications.
Quantum Log-Determinant Methods for Torsion-Sensitive Topological Data Analysis
arXiv:2609.40216v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Betti numbers are central to topological data analysis but fail to capture torsion in integral homology. Torsion can distinguish topological structures with identical Betti numbers, and examples from classical topological data analysis show that it can affect the topology inferred from data. Related torsion-sensitive quantities are also known to have practical applications in graph-based machine learning, including biomedical applications. We investigate how quantum spectral methods can access this additional information. Log pseudodeterminants, obtained by summing the logarithms of the nonzero boundary-Laplacian eigenvalues, summarize spectral information about a simplicial complex. Under explicit topological assumptions, an alternating combination of these quantities gives the size of a higher critical group, the higher-dimensional analogue of a graph sandpile group. With stronger certification, a related construction recovers the size of the torsion subgroup in homology itself. This is, to our knowledge, the first provably correct quantum estimator of integral-homology torsion order. We give a new quantum algorithm for estimating these quantities, with explicit dependence on how the input is queried, the required accuracy, and the spectral gaps. Exact spectra for balanced multipartite clique complexes provide favorable gaps, and a related construction gives an explicit torsion-bearing benchmark. With compact query access, the algorithm need not construct the exponentially large boundary matrices explicitly. For a restricted torsion-bearing family, a tailored amplitude-estimation routine uses quadratically fewer queries than any randomized classical algorithm given comparable access when estimating the log pseudodeterminant. Estimating the full, unnormalized quantity to fixed additive error still costs in proportion to the candidate-space dimension $D$.
Abstract:Betti numbers are central to topological data analysis but fail to capture torsion in integral homology. Torsion can distinguish topological structures with identical Betti numbers, and examples from classical topological data analysis show that it can affect the topology inferred from data. Related torsion-sensitive quantities are also known to have practical applications in graph-based machine learning, including biomedical applications. We investigate how quantum spectral methods can access this additional information. Log pseudodeterminants, obtained by summing the logarithms of the nonzero boundary-Laplacian eigenvalues, summarize spectral information about a simplicial complex. Under explicit topological assumptions, an alternating combination of these quantities gives the size of a higher critical group, the higher-dimensional analogue of a graph sandpile group. With stronger certification, a related construction recovers the size of the torsion subgroup in homology itself. This is, to our knowledge, the first provably correct quantum estimator of integral-homology torsion order. We give a new quantum algorithm for estimating these quantities, with explicit dependence on how the input is queried, the required accuracy, and the spectral gaps. Exact spectra for balanced multipartite clique complexes provide favorable gaps, and a related construction gives an explicit torsion-bearing benchmark. With compact query access, the algorithm need not construct the exponentially large boundary matrices explicitly. For a restricted torsion-bearing family, a tailored amplitude-estimation routine uses quadratically fewer queries than any randomized classical algorithm given comparable access when estimating the log pseudodeterminant. Estimating the full, unnormalized quantity to fixed additive error still costs in proportion to the candidate-space dimension $D$.
arXiv:2609.40216 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2609.40216v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.40216 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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