Quantum advantage and CSP complexity

Information-processing tasks modelled by homomorphisms between relational structures can witness quantum advantage when entanglement is used as a computational resource. We prove that the occurrence of quantum advantage is determined by the same algebraic structure (known as the polymorphism minion) that captures the complexity of CSPs. We investigate the connection between the minion of quantum advantage and other known minions controlling CSP tractability and width. In this way, we make use of complexity results from the algebraic theory of CSPs to characterise the occurrence of quantum advantage in the case of graphs, and to obtain new necessary and sufficient conditions in the case of arbitrary relational structures.

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Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
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2025-10-17
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jctb.2025.10.002
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Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems
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Quantum advantage and CSP complexity

Lorenzo Ciardo
Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B
Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems
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Quantum advantage and CSP complexity

Lorenzo Ciardo
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Abstract

Information-processing tasks modelled by homomorphisms between relational structures can witness quantum advantage when entanglement is used as a computational resource. We prove that the occurrence of quantum advantage is determined by the same algebraic structure (known as the polymorphism minion) that captures the complexity of CSPs. We investigate the connection between the minion of quantum advantage and other known minions controlling CSP tractability and width. In this way, we make use of complexity results from the algebraic theory of CSPs to characterise the occurrence of quantum advantage in the case of graphs, and to obtain new necessary and sufficient conditions in the case of arbitrary relational structures.

Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series BVol. 176
Openalex Percentile: Top 69%
Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems
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