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most citedSpace-bounded quantum state testing via space-efficient quantum singular value transformation

4 citations · 9 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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quant-ph2026

Optimal fidelity estimation when one state is pure via algorithmic Uhlmann transform

Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

The Uhlmann fidelity is one of the most fundamental quantities in quantum information theory for quantifying the closeness betwe…

quant-ph2026

On estimating operator norm distance, with optimal trace distance estimation when one state is pure

Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang, Zhan Yu

We investigate the computational complexity of estimating the operator norm distance , defined via the operator norm , give…

quant-ph2026

The power of unentanglement without destructive interference

Yupan Liu, Pei Wu

Stoquasticity, originating in sign-problem-free physical systems, gives rise to , introduced by Bravyi, Bessen, and Terhal (2006), a quantum-inspired intermediate class…

quant-ph2026

Computational hardness of estimating quantum entropies via binary entropy bounds

Yupan Liu

We investigate the computational hardness of estimating the quantum -Rényi entropy and the quantum -Tsallis entropy ${\…

quant-ph2025

A slightly improved upper bound for quantum statistical zero-knowledge

François Le Gall, Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

The complexity class Quantum Statistical Zero-Knowledge (), introduced by Watrous (FOCS 2002) and later refined in Watrous (SICOMP, 2009), has the best known upper b…

quant-ph2025

Trace Estimation of Quantum State Powers: Sample Complexity and Computational Hardness

Kean Chen, Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

As often emerges in various basic quantum properties such as Rényi and Tsallis entropies, the trace of quantum state powers has attracted a lot of attention. The r…

quant-ph2025

On estimating Schatten norm and power distances between quantum states

Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

We study the computational complexity of estimating the quantum Schatten -norm distance , given -size state-preparation circuits of -qubit…

quant-ph2024

Space-bounded quantum interactive proof systems

François Le Gall, Yupan Liu, Harumichi Nishimura +1

We introduce two models of space-bounded quantum interactive proof systems, and . The model, a space-bounded variant of quantu…

quant-ph2024

On estimating the trace of quantum state powers

Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

We investigate the computational complexity of estimating the trace of quantum state powers for an -qubit mixed quantum state , given its state-preparation c…

quant-ph2023★ 4 cited

Space-bounded quantum state testing via space-efficient quantum singular value transformation

François Le Gall, Yupan Liu, Qisheng Wang

Driven by exploring the power of quantum computation with a limited number of qubits, we present a novel complete characterization for space-bounded quantum computation, which enco…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

Quantum state testing beyond the polarizing regime and quantum triangular discrimination

Yupan Liu

The complexity class Quantum Statistical Zero-Knowledge () captures computational difficulties of the time-bounded quantum state testing problem with respect to the…

quant-ph2023

Quantum Merlin-Arthur proof systems for synthesizing quantum states

Hugo Delavenne, François Le Gall, Yupan Liu +1

Complexity theory typically focuses on the difficulty of solving computational problems using classical inputs and outputs, even with a quantum computer. In the quantum world, it i…

quant-ph2020

StoqMA meets distribution testing

Yupan Liu

captures the computational hardness of approximating the ground energy of local Hamiltonians that do not suffer the so-called sign problem. We provide a novel con…

quant-ph2020★ 2 cited

StoqMA vs. MA: the power of error reduction

Dorit Aharonov, Alex B. Grilo, Yupan Liu

StoqMA characterizes the computational hardness of stoquastic local Hamiltonians, which is a family of Hamiltonians that does not suffer from the sign problem. Although error reduc…

quant-ph2019★ 2 cited

Towards a quantum-inspired proof for IP = PSPACE

Ayal Green, Guy Kindler, Yupan Liu

We explore quantum-inspired interactive proof systems where the prover is limited. Namely, we improve on a result by [AG17] showing a quantum-inspired interactive protocol ($\sf IP…