Depth-Optimized Quantum Circuit of Gauss–Jordan Elimination

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Title: Depth-Optimized Quantum Circuit of Gauss–Jordan Elimination
Authors: Kyungbae Jang, Yujin Oh, Hwajeong Seo
Source: Applied Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 19, p 8579 (2024)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
Subject Terms: quantum computers, information set decoding, Gauss–Jordan elimination, Grover’s search, Technology, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999
Description: Quantum computers have the capacity to solve certain complex problems more efficiently than classical computers. To fully leverage these quantum advantages, adapting classical arithmetic for quantum systems in a circuit level is essential. In this paper, we introduce a depth-optimized quantum circuit of Gauss–Jordan elimination for matrices in binary. This quantum circuit is a crucial module for accelerating Information Set Decoding (ISD) using Grover’s algorithm. ISD is a cryptographic technique used in analyzing code-based cryptographic algorithms. When combined with Grover’s search, it achieves a square root reduction in complexity. The proposed method emphasizes the potential for parallelization in the quantum circuit implementation of Gauss–Jordan elimination. We allocate additional ancilla qubits to enable parallel operations within the target matrix and further reuse these ancilla qubits to minimize overhead from our additional allocation. The proposed quantum circuit for Gauss–Jordan elimination achieves the lowest Toffoli depth compared to the-state-of-art previous works.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
Language: English
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/19/8579; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3417; https://doaj.org/article/b94346b6a324428b90e755f833367c81
DOI: 10.3390/app14198579
Availability: https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198579
https://doaj.org/article/b94346b6a324428b90e755f833367c81
Accession Number: edsbas.CF3700DC
Database: BASE
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Abstract:Quantum computers have the capacity to solve certain complex problems more efficiently than classical computers. To fully leverage these quantum advantages, adapting classical arithmetic for quantum systems in a circuit level is essential. In this paper, we introduce a depth-optimized quantum circuit of Gauss–Jordan elimination for matrices in binary. This quantum circuit is a crucial module for accelerating Information Set Decoding (ISD) using Grover’s algorithm. ISD is a cryptographic technique used in analyzing code-based cryptographic algorithms. When combined with Grover’s search, it achieves a square root reduction in complexity. The proposed method emphasizes the potential for parallelization in the quantum circuit implementation of Gauss–Jordan elimination. We allocate additional ancilla qubits to enable parallel operations within the target matrix and further reuse these ancilla qubits to minimize overhead from our additional allocation. The proposed quantum circuit for Gauss–Jordan elimination achieves the lowest Toffoli depth compared to the-state-of-art previous works.
DOI:10.3390/app14198579