Lagrangian representation for fermionic linear optics

Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 216-238

  Bravyi, Sergey ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticommuting variables; Noninteracting fermions; Quantum computation

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

ANTICOMMUTING VARIABLES; CLASSICAL SIMULATION; COMPLETELY POSITIVE; CORRELATION MATRIX; GAUSSIAN INTEGRAL; GRASSMANN VARIABLES; NONINTERACTING FERMIONS; UNITARY OPERATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 20744458838     PISSN: 15337146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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