Kronecker Coefficients in #BQP

We prove that the computation of the Kronecker coefficients of the symmetric group is contained in the complexity class #BQP. This improves a recent result of Bravyi, Chowdhury, Gosset, Havlicek, and Zhu. We use the same quantum algorithmic tools that are used in their paper, combined with additional classical representation theoretic insights. We also prove the analogous result for the plethysm coefficients and the row sums of the symmetric group character table.

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ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing
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2025-08-22
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3762673
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Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
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Kronecker Coefficients in #BQP

Christian Ikenmeyer, Sathyawageeswar Subramanian
ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing
Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
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Kronecker Coefficients in #BQP

Christian Ikenmeyer, Sathyawageeswar Subramanian
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Abstract

We prove that the computation of the Kronecker coefficients of the symmetric group is contained in the complexity class #BQP. This improves a recent result of Bravyi, Chowdhury, Gosset, Havlicek, and Zhu. We use the same quantum algorithmic tools that are used in their paper, combined with additional classical representation theoretic insights. We also prove the analogous result for the plethysm coefficients and the row sums of the symmetric group character table.

ACM Transactions on Quantum ComputingVol. 6(4)
University of Cambridge (GB), University of Warwick (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics
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