Improved Lower Bounds for QAC0

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Authors: Malvika Raj Joshi, Avishay Tal, Francisca Vasconcelos, John Wright
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Abstract

In this work, we establish the strongest known lower bounds against QAC0, while allowing its full power of polynomially many ancillae and gates. Our two main results show that: (1) Depth 3 QAC0 circuits cannot compute PARITY regardless of size, and require at least Ω(exp(√n)) many gates to compute MAJORITY. (2) Depth 2 circuits cannot approximate high-influence Boolean functions (e.g., PARITY) with non-negligible advantage, regardless of size.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Advanced Graph Theory Research

Publication details

Pages
2199–2209
Publication date
9 June 2026