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Block-target approximation bounds logical error and leakage
Statement
Let be an orthogonal decomposition of a finite-dimensional Hilbert space, let and be unitary operators on the two summands, and let . If an ambient unitary satisfies , then the logical block error of relative to and its leakage amplitude both are at most .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The orthogonal projection , the block-unitary target , the ambient unitary , and .
Logical block error and leakage are and after identifying with its zero-on-the-complement extension. Logical block error and leakage amplitude
The operator norm is zero when its domain is zero; otherwise it is the maximum of over unit vectors . In particular, for every , by scaling nonzero to a unit vector and treating separately. The operator norm is zero on the zero domain and otherwise is max_{||v||=1} ||Tv||
Proof
If , both error maps have norm zero by [F2], so both bounds hold. Otherwise, since preserves both summands, on and . Thus . For any , the orthogonal decomposition gives and by the Pythagorean identity. Hence for every unit vector , . Taking the maximum in [F2] proves the logical block error bound.
In the remaining case , because . By the contractions in step 1.1, for every unit , . Taking the maximum gives the leakage bound.
Depends on
Used by
- B6 exact rank certificates and encoded leakage budget Example
- Logical error and leakage add under code-preserving gate approximation Lemma
- Fibonacci B6 approximates one logical two-qubit gate in both charge blocks Theorem
- One B6 braid approximates an encoded two-qubit gate Theorem
- Six-anyon braid target extends uniformly to fusion spectators Theorem
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Sources
- Ronald de Wolf, Quantum Computing: Lecture Notes (standard reference, not scraped)
- Chetan Nayak, Steven H. Simon, Ady Stern, Michael Freedman, and Sankar Das Sarma, Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation (standard reference, not scraped)