Classical versus quantum queries in quantum PCPs with classical proofs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00946v1
• Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:00:56 GMT
• Title: Classical versus quantum queries in quantum PCPs with classical proofs
• Authors: Harry Buhrman, François Le Gall, Jordi Weggemans,
• Abstract summary: We generalize quantum-classical PCPs to allow for $q$ quantum queries to a classical proof. Surprisingly, this shows that we can amplify the promise gap from inverse to constant for constant query quantum-classicals. Even though we can achieve promise gap, our result also gives strong evidence that there exists no constant query quantum-classical PCP for $mathsfQCMA$.
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• Abstract: We generalize quantum-classical PCPs, first introduced by Weggemans, Folkertsma and Cade (TQC 2024), to allow for $q$ quantum queries to a polynomially-sized classical proof ($\mathsf{QCPCP}_{Q,c,s}[q]$). Exploiting a connection with the polynomial method, we prove that for any constant $q$, promise gap $c-s = \Omega(1/\text{poly}(n))$ and $\delta>0$, we have $\mathsf{QCPCP}_{Q,c,s}[q] \subseteq \mathsf{QCPCP}_{1-\delta,1/2+\delta}[3] \subseteq \mathsf{BQ} \cdot \mathsf{NP}$, where $\mathsf{BQ} \cdot \mathsf{NP}$ is the class of promise problems with quantum reductions to an $\mathsf{NP}$-complete problem. Surprisingly, this shows that we can amplify the promise gap from inverse polynomial to constant for constant query quantum-classical PCPs, and that any quantum-classical PCP making any constant number of quantum queries can be simulated by one that makes only three classical queries. Nevertheless, even though we can achieve promise gap amplification, our result also gives strong evidence that there exists no constant query quantum-classical PCP for $\mathsf{QCMA}$, as it is unlikely that $\mathsf{QCMA} \subseteq \mathsf{BQ} \cdot \mathsf{NP}$, which we support by giving oracular evidence. In the (poly-)logarithmic query regime, we show for any positive integer $c$, there exists an oracle relative to which $\mathsf{QCPCP}[\mathcal{O}(\log^c n)] \subsetneq \mathsf{QCPCP}_Q[\mathcal{O}(\log^c n)]$, contrasting the constant query case where the equivalence of both query models holds relative to any oracle. Finally, we connect our results to more general quantum-classical interactive proof systems.

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