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309 classified signals in the fourteen-day window. These counts include signals awaiting readable evidence.

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Up to ten sources with readable evidence, ordered by their feed timestamp. These archive sources can be older than the live fourteen-day window. This list is a sample, not a measure of total activity. Dates distinguish paper publication, repository creation, model/dataset activity, Hacker News posts, and KEV catalog additions. “First archived” records when SYMTRI first stored the signal.

  1. arXiv · Published · First archived

    A Noise Operator Approach to Quantum Query Complexity and Time-Space Tradeoff Lower Bounds ↗

    Time and space (memory) are two of the most important measures of cost in computation, even more so for quantum computation. In quantum computation our tools for proving unconditional tradeoffs between time and space are surprisingly limited. The first quantum time-space tradeoff lower bounds were proven for sorting by Klauck, Špalek and de Wolf. Unfortunately, their method is limited to proving output-oblivious lower bounds (i.e. the lower bounds only apply to algorithms with a non-adaptive output schedule) and other methods have yielded nothing beyond output-oblivious lower bounds for sortin…

  2. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Tight Universal Bounds on Quantum Data Hiding with Multipartite Werner States ↗

    Quantum data hiding concerns pairs of states which are highly distinguishable with global measurements, yet nearly indistinguishable when restricted to local operations and classical communication. More than two decades after Eggeling and Werner introduced a multipartite hiding scheme based on Werner states, the optimal dependence of its uniform security guarantee on the number of parties and local dimension remained unknown. We resolve this problem by showing that the distinguishing bias of any pair of $n$-qudit Werner states is $O(n^2/d)$ under measurements whose effects remain positive unde…

  3. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Fast Quantum Algorithms for Learning Linear Threshold Functions ↗

    Linear threshold functions are $f_{w,θ}(x)=\text{sign}(\langle x,w \rangle -θ)$, where the weight vector $w\in\mathbb{R}^n$ is a unit vector, $θ\in\mathbb R$ is a threshold, and typically $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$ or $x\in\{-1,1\}^n$. When $θ=0$, the LTF is called homogeneous, and we write $f_w:=f_{w,0}$. Such functions are among the most important objects in machine learning, since they serve to linearly discriminate positive and negative examples. We give three positive results about learning LTFs: 1. Suppose we can make real-domain queries, meaning we can compute $f_{w,θ}(x)$ at any $x\in\mathbb{R…

  4. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Quantum Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Distribution Network Reconfiguration ↗

    Modern smart grids generate increasingly rich operational data and deploy greater numbers of remotely controlled switching assets than ever before, creating new opportunities for data-driven distribution network reconfiguration (DNR). DNR optimizes grid topology to improve efficiency, reduce power losses, and maintain operational constraints, but finding optimal switch configurations remains a computationally demanding combinatorial problem. In this paper, we propose a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework for static DNR to systematically investigate how the Q-network architecture affect…

  5. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Exponential quantum speedup for $\mathbb{F}_3^n$-Subset-Sum? Or, rigorous classical algorithms for Binary-Error LWE ↗

    We study vector subset sum over $\mathbb{F}_3^n$: given $m$ random vectors from $\mathbb{F}_3^n$, find a nonempty subset that sums to zero; the smaller $m$, the more difficult it is to find such a subset. Chen, Liu, and Zhandry (EUROCRYPT'22) introduced an efficient quantum algorithm that solves this problem when $m\approx n^2/2$, where a naive classical algorithm would require exponential time. Subsequently, Kothari, O'Donnell, and Wu (STOC'2026) gave an efficient classical algorithm that only requires $m \approx n^2/3$ vectors, thus removing the hope for an exponential quantum advantage in t…

  6. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Local Automorphism-Aware Syndrome Compilation for General Quantum LDPC Codes ↗

    Low-depth syndrome extraction for Calderbank-Shor-Steane (CSS) quantum low-density parity-check codes can be formulated as a proper ordered edge-coloring problem subject to quantum parity constraints. A proper edge-coloring of the CSS Tanner graph ensures that each data or ancilla qubit participates in at most one two-qubit gate per layer, but does not guarantee a valid interleaving of the X- and Z-check measurements as for every overlapping X/Z check pair, the number of shared data qubits on which the X interaction precedes the Z interaction must be even. The minimum number of colors in a pro…

  7. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Quantum Sampling of Random Spanning Trees via Amortized Data Structures ↗

    We present a quantum algorithm that generates a uniform superposition over the spanning trees of a graph -- also known as a q-sample -- using only a sub-linear number of queries to the graph. This goes beyond previous work that focuses on generating classical samples, including a recent quantum algorithm by Apers, Gao, Ji, and Liu [ICALP 2025]. For an $n$-vertex, $m$-edge graph, our algorithm admits a pre-processing step of $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{mn} + m^{1-δ})$, after which each q-sample can be generated in $\tilde{O}(n^{1+2δ})$ for any $δ$. Alternatively, $k$ independent q-samples can be generated…

  8. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Explicit Capacity-Achieving Quantum LDPC Codes List Decodable in Near-linear Time ↗

    In classical coding theory, the quest for explicit codes achieving list decoding capacity has been an important driving force. While random codes are easily shown to achieve capacity, an explicit construction was only discovered decades later in the seminal work [Guruswami and Rudra, STOC 2006]. In quantum coding theory, it is highly desirable that a code family be LDPC. While good quantum codes were known for decades, obtaining the additional LDPC property was elusive. In fact, only very recently that good quantum LDPC codes were discovered in a breakthrough work [Panteleev and Kalachev, STOC…

  9. arXiv · Published · First archived

    Planted Cliques and Quantum Symmetry-Adapted Measurements ↗

    The planted clique problem is a promising candidate for quantum advantage with a wide computational-statistical gap and substantial evidence for classical hardness. We study two quantum encodings of classical samples, a natural binary phase state encoding and symmetry-adapted measurements, and determine if they preserve enough information for planted-clique detection, as well as discuss their potential towards algorithmic efficiency. For the binary phase state encoding, we show that constant-advantage detection requires $Ω(n^{1+2\varepsilon}\ln^2 n)$ copies, even under arbitrary joint measurem…

  10. arXiv · Published · First archived

    A fully Gaussian quantum Stein's lemma ↗

    A central yet mysterious problem in quantum information is the asymptotic distinguishability of quantum states under restricted measurements. Here we look at asymptotic asymmetric hypothesis testing for general multi-mode bosonic Gaussian states restricted to arbitrary collective Gaussian measurements. We establish a single-letter formula for the Stein exponent for many pairs of states, featuring two distinct contributions, corresponding to first and second moments, respectively. Remarkably, the Gaussian-measured relative entropy exhibits genuine non-additivity, but the only effect of additivi…

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