Quantum Computing Without Wavefunctions: Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory for Universal Quantum Computation

We prove that the theorems of TDDFT can be extended to a class of qubit Hamiltonians that are universal for quantum computation. The theorems of TDDFT applied to universal Hamiltonians imply that single-qubit expectation values can be used as the basic variables in quantum computation and informatio...

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Main Authors: Tempel, David G., Aspuru-Guzik, Alán
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341739/