Nearly Optimal Quantum Algorithm for Estimating Multiple Expectation Values

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09283v3
• Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:47:17 GMT
• Title: Nearly Optimal Quantum Algorithm for Estimating Multiple Expectation Values
• Authors: William J. Huggins, Kianna Wan, Jarrod McClean, Thomas E. O'Brien, Nathan Wiebe, Ryan Babbush
• Abstract summary: We describe an approach that leverages Gily'en et al.'s quantum gradient estimation algorithm to achieve $mathcalO(sqrtM/varepsilon)$ scaling up to logarithmic factors. We prove that this scaling is worst-case optimal in the high-precision regime if the state preparation is treated as a black box.
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• Abstract: Many quantum algorithms involve the evaluation of expectation values. Optimal strategies for estimating a single expectation value are known, requiring a number of state preparations that scales with the target error $\varepsilon$ as $\mathcal{O}(1/\varepsilon)$. In this paper, we address the task of estimating the expectation values of $M$ different observables, each to within additive error $\varepsilon$, with the same $1/\varepsilon$ dependence. We describe an approach that leverages Gily\'en et al.'s quantum gradient estimation algorithm to achieve $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{M}/\varepsilon)$ scaling up to logarithmic factors, regardless of the commutation properties of the $M$ observables. We prove that this scaling is worst-case optimal in the high-precision regime if the state preparation is treated as a black box, even when the operators are mutually commuting. We highlight the flexibility of our approach by presenting several generalizations, including a strategy for accelerating the estimation of a collection of dynamic correlation functions.

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