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This research establishes a rigorous lower bound of order $D^{4/3}$ for the infinite-Cliff diameter within the unitary group $\operatorname{PU}(D)$, effectively disproving the previously conjectured exponent of one. By analyzing right-invariant metrics with specific Pauli weight penalties, the study provides critical insights into the geometric structure of quantum circuits and sets new limits on no-ancilla two-qubit circuit complexity.
Variable-Cliff Nielsen Geometry and an Exponent -4/3 Lower Bound for the Infinite-Cliff Diameter
arXiv:2609.03323v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Let $D=2^n$ and $M=3n+9\binom n2$. We study the right-invariant one-step-cliff metric $d_Q$ on $\operatorname{PU}(D)$, with unit penalty on Pauli weights one and two and penalty $Q$ on all higher weights. If $M/Q_D\to0$ and $MQ_D^{3/4}/D^2\to0$, then, for every fixed $00$ yields a Haar-typical lower bound of order $D^{4/3}M^{-2/3}$ for the corresponding infinite-cliff Carnot--Carath\'eodory distance, outside an $e^{-\Omega(D^2)}$ exceptional set. The infinite-cliff diameter therefore has exponential lower rate at least $4/3$, disproving Brown's exponent-one conjecture. The same estimate gives a fixed-error no-ancilla two-qubit circuit lower bound of the same order.
Abstract:Let $D=2^n$ and $M=3n+9\binom n2$. We study the right-invariant one-step-cliff metric $d_Q$ on $\operatorname{PU}(D)$, with unit penalty on Pauli weights one and two and penalty $Q$ on all higher weights. If $M/Q_D\to0$ and $MQ_D^{3/4}/D^2\to0$, then, for every fixed $0<x<\pi/\sqrt3$, \[ \mu_D\bigl(B_{Q_D}([I],x\sqrt{Q_D})\bigr)\le e^{-c_xD^2}. \] Here $\mu_D$ is normalized Haar measure. Thus the Haar-typical distance from the identity and the diameter are both asymptotic to $(\pi/\sqrt3)\sqrt{Q_D}$ throughout the window $M\ll Q_D\ll D^{8/3}M^{-4/3}$. Choosing $Q_D=\kappa D^{8/3}M^{-4/3}$ with sufficiently small fixed $\kappa>0$ yields a Haar-typical lower bound of order $D^{4/3}M^{-2/3}$ for the corresponding infinite-cliff Carnot--Carathéodory distance, outside an $e^{-\Omega(D^2)}$ exceptional set. The infinite-cliff diameter therefore has exponential lower rate at least $4/3$, disproving Brown's exponent-one conjecture. The same estimate gives a fixed-error no-ancilla two-qubit circuit lower bound of the same order.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mathematical Physics (math-ph); Probability (math.PR)
arXiv:2609.03323 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2609.03323v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.03323 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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