3 papers
math.CO2026
Random Domino Tilings and the Arctic Circle Theorem
William Jockusch, James Propp, Peter Shor
In this article we study domino tilings of a family of finite regions called Aztec diamonds. Every such tiling determines a partition of the Aztec diamond into five sub-regions; in…
quant-ph2025
Graphical quantum Clifford-encoder compilers from the ZX calculus
Andrey Boris Khesin, Jonathan Z. Lu, Peter W. Shor
We present a quantum compilation algorithm that maps Clifford encoders, encoding maps for stabilizer quantum codes, to a unique graphical representation in the ZX calculus. Specifi…
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Maximizing free energy gain
Artemy Kolchinsky, Iman Marvian, Can Gokler +6
Maximizing the amount of work harvested from an environment is important for a wide variety of biological and technological processes, from energy-harvesting processes such as phot…