Completeness for Prime-Dimensional Phase-Affine Circuits
Equational reasoning about circuits underpins quantum-circuit optimisation and verification.In the qubit CNOT-dihedral fragment, phase polynomials and layered normal forms support a complete equational theory.We develop the corresponding theory for prime-dimensional qudits, where basis labels, value controls, and phase exponents share prime-field arithmetic.We first describe reversible affine circuits over F d as transformations x → Ax + b, with an affine normal form extending Lafont's linear normal form by translations.Adjoining finite-angle diagonal phases by polynomial degree yields linear, quadratic, and cubic calculi.Their binomial-basis identities expose the mixed diagonal gates forced by affine transport.These calculi have unique phase-affine normal forms, and the resulting equational theories are complete: semantic equality coincides with derivable equality.
Authors
- Colin Blake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4045-8145)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (FR)
- MOCQUA: Modèles de calcul émergents (FR)
- Université de Lorraine (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4204/eptcs.456.3
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche