Trotterization, Operator Scrambling, and Entanglement

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23345v1
• Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 17:39:54 GMT
• Title: Trotterization, Operator Scrambling, and Entanglement
• Authors: Tianfeng Feng, Yue Cao, Qi Zhao,
• Abstract summary: Operator scrambling governs the spread of quantum information in many-body systems.<n>We show that the Trotter error in simulating operator dynamics is bounded by the degree of operator scrambling.<n>We also show that even in regimes where the system's entanglement remains low, operator-induced entanglement can still emerge and suppress simulation errors.
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• Abstract: Operator scrambling, which governs the spread of quantum information in many-body systems, is a central concept in both condensed matter and high-energy physics. Accurately capturing the emergent properties of these systems remains a formidable challenge for classical computation, while quantum simulators have emerged as a powerful tool to address this complexity. In this work, we reveal a fundamental connection between operator scrambling and the reliability of quantum simulations. We show that the Trotter error in simulating operator dynamics is bounded by the degree of operator scrambling, providing the most refined analysis of Trotter errors in operator dynamics so far. Furthermore, we investigate the entanglement properties of the evolved states, revealing that sufficient entanglement can lead to error scaling governed by the normalized Frobenius norms of both the observables of interest and the error operator, thereby enhancing simulation robustness and efficiency compared to previous works. We also show that even in regimes where the system's entanglement remains low, operator-induced entanglement can still emerge and suppress simulation errors. Our results unveil a comprehensive relationship between Trotterization, operator scrambling, and entanglement, offering new perspectives for optimizing quantum simulations.

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