Towards Large-scale Functional Verification of Universal Quantum Circuits

@article{Amy2018TowardsLF,
  title={Towards Large-scale Functional Verification of Universal Quantum Circuits},
  author={Matthew Amy},
  journal={CoRR},
  year={2018},
  volume={abs/1805.06908},
  pages={1-21}
}
  • M. Amy
  • Published 17 May 2018
  • Computer Science, Physics
  • CoRR
We introduce a framework for the formal specification and verification of quantum circuits based on the Feynman path integral. Our formalism, built around exponential sums of polynomial functions, provides a structured and natural way of specifying quantum operations, particularly for quantum implementations of classical functions. Verification of circuits over all levels of the Clifford hierarchy with respect to either a specification or reference circuit is enabled by a novel rewrite system… 
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