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quant-ph2026

When quantum thermal states look classical

Harald Putterman, Alexander Zlokapa, Jordan Cotler

The paper analyzes how quantum Gibbs states retain classical properties such as lack of entanglement and magic at finite temperatures, establishing a hierarchy of classical‑to‑quan…

quant-ph2026

Optimal Lower Bounds for Hamiltonian Simulation

Alexander Zlokapa, Richard R. Allen, Aram W. Harrow

For Hamiltonian , we prove asymptotically tight lower bounds on the gate and query complexities of simulating time evolution on a quantum computer. Our bounds hold…

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

The free energy limit of the SYK model at high temperature

David Gamarnik, Francisco Pernice, Alexander Schmidhuber +1

The Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model is a disordered quantum mean-field model studied in condensed matter physics and the holographic theory of black holes. Its structural properties…

quant-ph2026

A rigorous quasipolynomial-time classical algorithm for SYK thermal expectations

Alexander Zlokapa

Estimating local observables in Gibbs states is a central problem in quantum simulation. While this task is BQP-complete at asymptotically low temperatures, the possibility of quan…

quant-ph2025

Average-case quantum complexity from glassiness

Alexander Zlokapa, Bobak T. Kiani, Eric R. Anschuetz

Glassiness -- a phenomenon in physics characterized by a rough free-energy landscape -- implies hardness for stable classical algorithms. For example, it can obstruct constant-time…

quant-ph2025

Quartic quantum speedups for community detection

Alexander Schmidhuber, Alexander Zlokapa

Community detection is a foundational problem in data science. Its natural extension to hypergraphs captures higher-order correlations beyond pairwise interactions. In this work, w…