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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Online: Seminar, Xun Gao (Harvard), Fractionalization, Exactly Solvable Models, and Quantum Circuits
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SUMMARY:Online: Seminar, Xun Gao (Harvard), Fractionalization, Exactly Solvable Models, and Quantum Circuits
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="fd3a0cda-06b5-44c4-bd02-b0e42b6d345d" alt="Xun Gao" data-view-mode="hwp_small"></drupal-media></p><p>	<strong>Location: </strong>Zoom <a href="https://harvard.zoom.us/j/779283357?pwd=MitXVm1pYUlJVzZqT3lwV2pCT1ZUQT09" title="">https://harvard.zoom.us/j/779283357?pwd=MitXVm1pYUlJVzZqT3lwV2pCT1ZUQT09</a></p><p>	<strong>Time: </strong>Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 10:00 AM (Eastern US), 15:00 (UK/Eire), 16:00 (Central Europe), 22:00 (China)</p><p>	<strong>Title:</strong> Fractionalization, Exactly Solvable Models, and Quantum Circuits</p><p>	<strong>Abstract: </strong>I shall report on a new approach to study some classes of exactly solvable models and quantum circuits. Concretely, using “knots” gives a topological way to characterize the solvability of 2D Ising model. We find a new class of exactly-solvable, statistical-mechanics models, and they lead to a topological extension of Kramers-Wannier duality. The method relies on the abstraction of sparse encoding of Majorana zero modes (also known as the <span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-caps:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="letter-spacing:normal"><span style="orphans:2"><span style="text-transform:none"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="widows:2"><span style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="background-color:#ffffff"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span><span style="background:white"><span style="sans-serif"><span style="line-height:normal"><span><span style='UI",sans-serif'><span style="color:black"><span class="math-tex">\(Z_2\)</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Quon language). This point of view may also help us find new types of exactly solvable models.</p><p>	Our method lets us partially open the blackbox of each small tensor in the tensor network representation (of, e.g., quantum circuits and partition function of many-body systems). As a bonus, we find a unified framework to characterize two famous classes of classically-simulable quantum circuits, namely, Clifford and matchgate. Besides, we also find a new class of classically simulable quantum circuits by combining them in a topological way. We could evaluate these circuits by untying the “knots”.  Our method is also suitable for programming, which may help us design quantum circuit compiler for simplifying quantum circuits.</p><p>	<strong>Additional Ways to Join</strong><br>Join by telephone (use any number to dial in)<br>        +1 929 436 2866<br>        +1 312 626 6799<br>        +1 669 900 6833<br>        400 669 9381 China Toll-free</p><p>	International numbers available: <a href="https://harvard.zoom.us/u/aclg6kOggb">https://harvar</a><a href="https://harvard.zoom.us/u/aclg6kOggb">d.zoom.us/u/aclg6kOggb</a></p><p>	One tap mobile: +19294362866,,779283357# US (New York)<br>    <br>Join by SIP conference room system<br>Meeting ID: 779 283 357<br><a href="mailto:779283357@zoomcrc.com">779283357@zoomcrc.com</a></p><p>	<strong>Attachments</strong></p>
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