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s-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13pt;margin:0px;color:rgb(49,49,49)"><b style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abstract:</b></span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;word-spacing:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30)"> </span></font><font size="4" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">A general quantum circuit is hard to simulate on a classical computer since the number of operations grows exponentially in the number of qubits. However, there exists a special subclass of quantum operations called Clifford operations which can be simulated on classical devices in polynomial time. Clifford operations (and Clifford circuits) are not universal, however they mimic certain behaviors of an arbitrary quantum circuit to a high extent. One problem where they are specially useful is that of choosing the best method to compile an arbitrary quantum circuit from among a set of choices. We empirically show that the effects different compilation strategies have on an arbitrary circuit correlates strongly with the effects on its “closest Clifford circuit” for a variety of interesting benchmarks. We also talk about open theoretical questions in this direction and the need to address these in order to analyze the proposed technique at scale.</font></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(32,31,30)">[</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_osgf1c1qemdras8mu7l7pdhjrs@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America*Chicago__;Lw!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!pwdRh9yLA-IBD6NCNvREJGd9Nj5jtC6_N-AowF6HSwIQeb1FPAmu0L_tAsww4XtIRnQ$" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_osgf1c1qemdras8mu7l7pdhjrs@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;margin:0px" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Theory</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Lunch</span></span></span></span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>Calendar</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(32,31,30)">]</span></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><br></span></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="margin:0px"><font style="word-spacing:1px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-size:large">******************************</span><span style="font-size:large">**************************</span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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