A trace distance-based geometric analysis of the stabilizer polytope for few-qubit systems
arXiv:2504.12518 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2026.131417
Abstract
Non-stabilizerness is a fundamental resource for quantum computational advantage, differentiating classically simulable circuits from those capable of universal quantum computation. Recently, non-stabilizerness has been shown to be relevant for a few qubit systems. In this work, we investigate the geometry of the stabilizer polytope in few-qubit quantum systems, using the trace distance to the stabilizer set to quantify non-stabilizerness. By randomly sampling quantum states, we analyze the distribution of non-stabilizerness for both pure and mixed states and compare the trace distance with other non-stabilizerness measures, as well as entanglement. Additionally, we give an analytical expression for the introduced quantifier, classify Bell-like inequalities corresponding to the facets of the stabilizer polytope, and establish a general concentration result connecting non-stabilizerness and entanglement via Fannes' inequality. Our findings provide new insights into the geometric structure of non-stabilizerness and its role in small-scale quantum systems, offering a deeper understanding of the interplay between quantum resources
20 pages, 11 figures
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