QWIRE Practice: Formal Verification of Quantum Circuits in Coq

@inproceedings{Rand2018QWIREPF,
  title={QWIRE Practice: Formal Verification of Quantum Circuits in Coq},
  author={Robert Rand and Jennifer Paykin and Steve Zdancewic},
  booktitle={QPL},
  year={2018}
}
We describe an embedding of the QWIRE quantum circuit language in the Coq proof assistant. This allows programmers to write quantum circuits using high-level abstractions and to prove properties of those circuits using Coq's theorem proving features. The implementation uses higher-order abstract syntax to represent variable binding and provides a type-checking algorithm for linear wire types, ensuring that quantum circuits are well-formed. We formalize a denotational semantics that interprets… 
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