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