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Estimating Jones polynomials is a complete problem for one clean qubit

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It is known that evaluating a certain approximation to the Jones polynomial for the plat closure of a braid is a BQP-complete problem. That is, this problem exactly captures the power of the quantum circuit model. The one clean qubit model is a model of quantum computation in which all but one qubit starts in the maximally mixed state. One clean qubit computers are believed to be strictly weaker than standard quantum computers, but still capable of solving some classically intractable problems. Here we show that evaluating a certain approximation to the Jones polynomial at a fifth root of unity for the trace closure of a braid is a complete problem for the one clean qubit complexity class. That is, a one clean qubit computer can approximate these Jones polynomials in time polynomial in both the number of strands and number of crossings, and the problem of simulating a one clean qubit computer is reducible to approximating the Jones polynomial of the trace closure of a braid.

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A quantum algorithm for Khovanov homology

math.GT · 2025-01-21 · conditional · novelty 8.0

A conditional quantum algorithm for estimating the Betti numbers of Khovanov homology, together with DQC1, BQP, and #P hardness results for harder approximation regimes.

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  • A quantum algorithm for Khovanov homology math.GT · 2025-01-21 · conditional · none · ref 36 · internal anchor

    A conditional quantum algorithm for estimating the Betti numbers of Khovanov homology, together with DQC1, BQP, and #P hardness results for harder approximation regimes.