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Duality and free energy analyticity bounds for few-body Ising models with extensive homology rank
We consider pairs of few-body Ising models where each spin enters a bounded number of interaction terms (bonds) such that each model can be obtained from the dual of the other after freezing k spins on large-degree sites. Such a pair of Ising models can be interpreted as a two-chain complex with k being the rank of the first homology group. Our focus is on the case where k is extensive, that is, scales linearly with the number of bonds n. Flipping any of these additional spins introduces a homologically nontrivial defect (generalized domain wall). In the presence of bond disorder, we prove the existence of a low-temperature weak-disorder region where additional summation over the defects has no effect on the free energy density f(T) in the thermodynamical limit and of a high-temperature region where an extensive homological defect does not affect f(T). We also discuss the convergence of the high- and low-temperature series for the free energy density, prove the analyticity of limiting f(T) at high and low temperatures, and construct inequalities for the critical point(s) where analyticity is lost. As an application, we prove multiplicity of the conventionally defined critical points for Ising models on all { f, d} tilings of the infinite hyperbolic plane, where df/(d + f) \u3e 2. Namely, for these infinite graphs, we show that critical temperatures with free and wired boundary conditions differ, Tc(f)T(f)
Numerical and analytical bounds on threshold error rates for hypergraph-product codes
We study analytically and numerically decoding properties of finite rate
hypergraph-product quantum LDPC codes obtained from random (3,4)-regular
Gallager codes, with a simple model of independent X and Z errors. Several
non-trival lower and upper bounds for the decodable region are constructed
analytically by analyzing the properties of the homological difference, equal
minus the logarithm of the maximum-likelihood decoding probability for a given
syndrome. Numerical results include an upper bound for the decodable region
from specific heat calculations in associated Ising models, and a minimum
weight decoding threshold of approximately 7%.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figure
On the lengths of divisible codes
In this article, the effective lengths of all -divisible linear codes
over with a non-negative integer are determined. For that
purpose, the -adic expansion of an integer is introduced. It is
shown that there exists a -divisible -linear code of
effective length if and only if the leading coefficient of the
-adic expansion of is non-negative. Furthermore, the maximum weight
of a -divisible code of effective length is at most ,
where denotes the cross-sum of the -adic expansion of .
This result has applications in Galois geometries. A recent theorem of
N{\u{a}}stase and Sissokho on the maximum size of a partial spread follows as a
corollary. Furthermore, we get an improvement of the Johnson bound for constant
dimension subspace codes.Comment: 17 pages, typos corrected; the paper was originally named "An
improvement of the Johnson bound for subspace codes
On products and powers of linear codes under componentwise multiplication
In this text we develop the formalism of products and powers of linear codes
under componentwise multiplication. As an expanded version of the author's talk
at AGCT-14, focus is put mostly on basic properties and descriptive statements
that could otherwise probably not fit in a regular research paper. On the other
hand, more advanced results and applications are only quickly mentioned with
references to the literature. We also point out a few open problems.
Our presentation alternates between two points of view, which the theory
intertwines in an essential way: that of combinatorial coding, and that of
algebraic geometry.
In appendices that can be read independently, we investigate topics in
multilinear algebra over finite fields, notably we establish a criterion for a
symmetric multilinear map to admit a symmetric algorithm, or equivalently, for
a symmetric tensor to decompose as a sum of elementary symmetric tensors.Comment: 75 pages; expanded version of a talk at AGCT-14 (Luminy), to appear
in vol. 637 of Contemporary Math., AMS, Apr. 2015; v3: minor typos corrected
in the final "open questions" sectio
On the parameters of codes for the Lee and modular distance
AbstractWe introduce the concept of a weakly metric association scheme, a generalization of metric schemes. We undertake a combinatorial study of the parameters of codes in these schemes, along the lines of [9]. Applications are codes over Zq for the Lee distance and arithmetic codes for the modular distance.Our main result is an inequality which generalizes both the Delsarte upper bound on covering radius, and the MacWilliams lower bound on the external distance, yielding a strong necessary existence condition on completely regular codes.The external distance (in the Lee metric) of some self-dual codes of moderate length over Z5 is computed
Magic State Distillation with Low Space Overhead and Optimal Asymptotic Input Count
We present an infinite family of protocols to distill magic states for
-gates that has a low space overhead and uses an asymptotic number of input
magic states to achieve a given target error that is conjectured to be optimal.
The space overhead, defined as the ratio between the physical qubits to the
number of output magic states, is asymptotically constant, while both the
number of input magic states used per output state and the -gate depth of
the circuit scale linearly in the logarithm of the target error (up to
). Unlike other distillation protocols, this protocol
achieves this performance without concatenation and the input magic states are
injected at various steps in the circuit rather than all at the start of the
circuit. The protocol can be modified to distill magic states for other gates
at the third level of the Clifford hierarchy, with the same asymptotic
performance. The protocol relies on the construction of weakly self-dual CSS
codes with many logical qubits and large distance, allowing us to implement
control-SWAPs on multiple qubits. We call this code the "inner code". The
control-SWAPs are then used to measure properties of the magic state and detect
errors, using another code that we call the "outer code". Alternatively, we use
weakly-self dual CSS codes which implement controlled Hadamards for the inner
code, reducing circuit depth. We present several specific small examples of
this protocol.Comment: 39 pages, (v2) renamed "odd" and "even" weakly self-dual CSS codes of
(v1) to "normal" and "hyperbolic" codes, respectively. (v3) published in
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Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Error-Correcting Codes with Imperfect Ebits
The scheme of entanglement-assisted quantum error-correcting (EAQEC) codes
assumes that the ebits of the receiver are error-free. In practical situations,
errors on these ebits are unavoidable, which diminishes the error-correcting
ability of these codes. We consider two different versions of this problem. We
first show that any (nondegenerate) standard stabilizer code can be transformed
into an EAQEC code that can correct errors on the qubits of both sender and
receiver. These EAQEC codes are equivalent to standard stabilizer codes, and
hence the decoding techniques of standard stabilizer codes can be applied.
Several EAQEC codes of this type are found to be optimal. In a second scheme,
the receiver uses a standard stabilizer code to protect the ebits, which we
call a "combination code." The performances of different quantum codes are
compared in terms of the channel fidelity over the depolarizing channel. We
give a formula for the channel fidelity over the depolarizing channel (or any
Pauli error channel), and show that it can be efficiently approximated by a
Monte Carlo calculation. Finally, we discuss the tradeoff between performing
extra entanglement distillation and applying an EAQEC code with imperfect
ebits.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figure
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