Concentration bounds for quantum states and limitations on the QAOA from polynomial approximations

We prove concentration bounds for the following classes of quantum states: (i) output states of shallow quantum circuits, answering an open question from \cite{DMRF22}; (ii) injective matrix product states; (iii) output states of dense Hamiltonian evolution, i.e. states of the form $e^{\iota H^{(p)}...

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Main Authors: Anurag Anshu, Tony Metger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften 2023-05-01
Series:Quantum
Online Access:https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2023-05-11-999/pdf/