Stoquastic Models
Key: LHP-SLH-001
Hamiltonian: The $6$-Local Stoquastic Hamiltonian
$$H = \displaystyle\sum_{j=1}^m H_j$$
Problem: Local Hamiltonian
Complexity: StoqMA–complete
Ref: [BBT06]
Conditionals:
- Each Hamiltonian term $H_j$ is stoquastic
- Each $H_j$ acts on at most $6$ of the $n$ qubits
- $m = O(\mathsf{poly}(n))$
Reductions:
- To the $2$–local stoquastic Hamiltonian
Key: LHP-SLH-002
Hamiltonian: The $2$-Local Stoquastic Hamiltonian
$$H = \displaystyle\sum_{j=1}^m H_j$$
Problem: Local Hamiltonian
Complexity: StoqMA–complete
Ref: [BBT06]
Conditionals:
- Each Hamiltonian term $H_j$ is stoquastic
- Each $H_j$ acts on at most $2$ of the $n$ qubits
- $m = O(\mathsf{poly}(n))$
Reductions:
- To the $2$–local stoquastic Hamiltonian
Techniques:
- Subdivision gadget
- 3–to–2 local gadget
Key: QMC*-SLH-001
Hamiltonian: The weighted (xyz/.) Hamiltonian
$$H_{QMC(EPR)}(G) = \frac{1}{2} \sum_{\{i,j\} \in E(G)} w_{ij} \left(\mathbb{I} + X_iX_j - Y_iY_j + Z_iZ_j\right)$$
Problem: Quantum Max-Cut (EPR)
Complexity: StoqMA
Ref: [Kin23]
Conditionals:
- The graph $G$ has edge weights $w_{ij}$
- $w_{ij}\geq 0$ and $w_{ij} = O(\mathsf{poly}(n))$
- $S_{i}\in\{\pm 1\}
Key: PLHP-SLH-001
Hamiltonian: Pinned Stoquastic $3$-Local Hamiltonian
$$H = \sum_{j=1}^m H_j$$
Problem: Pinned Stoquastic Local Hamiltonian
Complexity: QMA–complete
Ref: [NHES20]
Conditionals:
- $3$–local interactions
- stoquastic interactions
- $|\phi\rangle$ is a fixed state over $p < n$ qubits
Key: GSCON-SLH-005
Hamiltonian: $5$-Local Stoquastic Hamiltonian
$$H = \sum_{j=1}^m H_j$$
Problem: Ground state connectivity
Complexity: QCMA–complete
Ref: [NHES20]
Conditionals:
- $5$–local interactions
- stoquastic interactions
- $2$–local unitaries
- $\Delta$ is polynomially–small