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22 papers

quant-ph2026

Quantum Topological Data Analysis Beyond Betti Numbers: Complexity Hardness An Algorithm for Torsion Witness

Nhat A. Nghiem, Dominic W. Berry, Trung V. Phan

Recent advances have revealed an interplay between quantum computing and topological data analysis (TDA). Most quantum TDA has focused on Betti numbers, which characterize the conn…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Advantage in Topological Data Analysis via Mayer Homology

Nhat A. Nghiem, Ryan Babbush, Adam Zalcman +4

Prior work has explored quantum algorithms for topological data analysis (TDA), revealing the possibility of exponential quantum speedups in estimating the ratios of Betti numbers…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Kaczmarz Algorithm for Solving Linear Algebraic Equations

Nhat A. Nghiem, Tuan K. Do, Trung V. Phan

We introduce a quantum linear system solving algorithm based on the Kaczmarz method, a widely used workhorse for large linear systems and least-squares problems that updates the so…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Algorithm for Estimating Ollivier-Ricci Curvature

Nhat A. Nghiem, Linh Nguyen, Tuan K. Do +2

We introduce a quantum algorithm for computing the Ollivier Ricci curvature, a discrete analogue of the Ricci curvature defined via optimal transport on graphs and general metric s…

cond-mat.soft2025

Digitization Can Stall Swarm Transport: Commensurability Locking in Quantized-Sensing Chains

Caroline N. Cappetto, Penelope Messinger, Kaitlyn S. Yasumura +7

We present a minimal model for autonomous robotic swarms in one- and higher-dimensional spaces, where identical, field-driven agents interact pairwise to self-organize spacing and…

quant-ph2025

Fractatomic Physics: An Invitation with Atomic Stability and Rydberg States in Fractal Spaces

Nhat A. Nghiem, Trung V. Phan

We explore the physical quantum properties of atoms in fractal spaces, both as a theoretical generalization of normal integer-dimensional Euclidean spaces and as an experimentally…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Algorithm for Estimating Intrinsic Geometry

Nhat A. Nghiem, Tuan K. Do, Tzu-Chieh Wei +1

High-dimensional datasets typically cluster around lower-dimensional manifolds but are also often marred by severe noise, obscuring the intrinsic geometry essential for downstream…

q-bio.QM2024

Adaptive High-Level Tight Control of Prostate Cancer: A Path from From Terminal Disease to Chronic Condition

Trung V. Phan, Shengkai Li, Luciana Sarabia +9

Metastatic prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is characterized by a high mortality rate and a poor prognosis. In t…

quant-ph2024

Size and Shape of Fuzzy Spheres from Matrix/Membrane Correspondence

Hai H. Vo, Olivia M. Markowich, Angeline Hu +2

We study the size and shape statistics of ground state fuzzy spheres when projected onto the transverse plane, utilizing the regularized SU(N=2) matrix model in D=(1+3)-dimensional…

physics.soc-ph2024★ 1 cited

Informational Memory Shapes Collective Behavior in Intelligent Swarms

Shengkai Li, Trung V. Phan, Luca Di Carlo +5

We present an experimental and theoretical study of 2-D swarms in which collective behavior emerges from both direct local mechanical coupling between agents and from the exchange…

physics.bio-ph2024★ 1 cited

Social Physics of Bacteria: Avoidance of an Information Black Hole

Trung V. Phan, Shengkai Li, Domenic Ferreris +7

Social physics explores responses to information exchange in a social network, and can be mapped down to bacterial collective signaling. Here, we explore how social inter-bacterial…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 2 cited

Remark on the Entropy Production of Adaptive Run-and-Tumble Chemotaxis

Minh D. N. Nguyen, Phuc H. Pham, Khang V. Ngo +3

Chemotactic active particles, such as bacteria and cells, exhibit an adaptive run-and-tumble motion, giving rise to complex emergent behaviors in response to external chemical fiel…

q-bio.PE2023★ 5 cited

A Schrödinger Equation for Evolutionary Dynamics

Vi D. Ao, Duy V. Tran, Kien T. Pham +5

We establish an analogy between the Fokker-Planck equation describing evolutionary landscape dynamics and the Schrödinger equation which characterizes quantum mechanical particles,…

q-bio.PE2023

Stress-Induced Mutagenesis Can Further Boost Population Success in Static Ecology

Kien T. Pham, Duc M. Nguyen, Duy V. Tran +4

We have developed a mathematical model that captures stress-induced mutagenesis, a fundamental aspect of pathogenic and neoplastic evolutionary dynamics, on the fitness landscape w…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 4 cited

Inertial Spinner Swarm Experiments: Spin Pumping, Entropy Oscillations and Spin Frustration

Shengkai Li, Trung V. Phan, Gao Wang +3

We present here an inertial active spinning swarm consisting of mixtures of opposite handedness torque driven spinners floating on an air bed with low damping. Depending on the rel…

physics.class-ph2021

A Curious Use of Extra Dimension in Classical Mechanics

Trung Phan, Anh Doan

Extra dimensions can be utilized to simplify problems in classical mechanics, offering new insights. Here we show a simple example of how the motion of a test particle under the in…

physics.class-ph2021★ 1 cited

Elementary Methods for Infinite Resistive Networks with Complex Topologies

Tung X. Tran, Linh K. Nguyen, Quan M. Nguyen +3

Finding the equivalent resistance of an infinite ladder circuit is a classical problem in physics. We expand this well-known challenge to new classes of network topologies, in whic…

cond-mat.soft2021★ 74 cited

Play. Pause. Rewind. Measuring local entropy production and extractable work in active matter

Sunghan Ro, Buming Guo, Aaron Shih +5

Time-reversal symmetry breaking and entropy production are universal features of nonequilibrium phenomena. Despite its importance in the physics of active and living systems, the e…

physics.ed-ph2020

Infinite AC Ladder with a "Twist"

Quan M. Nguyen, Linh K. Nguyen, Tung X. Tran +3

The infinite AC ladder network can exhibit unexpected behavior. Entangling the topology brings even more surprises, found by direct numerical investigation. We consider a simple mo…

quant-ph2020

Equal Radiation Frequencies from Different Transitions in the Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanical Hydrogen Atom

Kim Tuan Do, Trung Phan

Is it possible that two different transitions in the non-relativistic quantum mechanical model of the hydrogen atom give the same frequency? That is, can different energy level tra…

cond-mat.mes-hall2015★ 19 cited

Quasi-Relativistic Doppler Effect and Non-Reciprocal Plasmons in Graphene

Dan S. Borgnia, Trung V. Phan, Leonid S. Levitov

Strong optical nonreciprocity at the nanoscale, relying on extreme one-way modes and backscattering suppression, can enable fundamentally new approaches in optoelectronics and plas…

cond-mat.mes-hall2013★ 20 cited

Ballistic Heat Transfer and Energy Waves in an Electron System

Trung V. Phan, Justin C. W. Song, Leonid S. Levitov

Materials in which heat and entropy can be transmitted by directed ballistic pulses can trigger new approaches to energy transduction in solids. We predict that a ballistic energy…