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mathsf{QAC}0 Contains mathsf{TC}0 (with Many Copies of the Input)
arXiv
Authors: Daniel Grier, Jackson Morris, Kewen Wu
Year
2026
Paper ID
4161
Status
Preprint
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Abstract
mathsf{QAC}0 is the class of constant-depth polynomial-size quantum circuits constructed from arbitrary single-qubit gates and generalized Toffoli gates. It is arguably the smallest natural class of constant-depth quantum computation which has not been shown useful for computing any non-trivial Boolean function. Despite this, many attempts to port classical mathsf{AC}0 lower bounds to mathsf{QAC}0 have failed. We give one possible explanation of this: mathsf{QAC}0 circuits are significantly more powerful than their classical counterparts. We show the unconditional separation mathsf{QAC}0notsubsetmathsf{AC}0[p] for decision problems, which also resolves for the first time whether mathsf{AC}0 could be more powerful than mathsf{QAC}0. Moreover, we prove that mathsf{QAC}0 circuits can compute a wide range of Boolean functions if given multiple copies of the input: mathsf{TC}0 subseteq mathsf{QAC}0 circ mathsf{NC}0. Along the way, we introduce an amplitude amplification technique that makes several approximate constant-depth constructions exact.
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- mathsfQAC^0 is the class of constant-depth polynomial-size quantum circuits constructed from arbitrary single-qubit gates and generalized Toffoli gates.
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