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Symbolic Quantum Circuit Simplification In Sympy, Matthew Curry Jun 2011

Symbolic Quantum Circuit Simplification In Sympy, Matthew Curry

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In the field of quantum information science, one can design a series of quantum logic operations known as a circuit. Circuits are the basis for quantum computations in quantum computing. As circuits will most likely be designed from a logical standpoint, there could exist mathematical redundancies which will lead to a larger circuit than necessary. These redundancies are computationally expensive, and there is a need for them to be found and eliminated to simplify the circuit. We present our research on finding the rules for simplifying circuits and its implementation in SymPy.