Quantum knots and knotted zeros: part II (Conference Presentation)

Samuel J. Lomonaco

Michael Berry

Bai-Lin Hao

Remarks on the development of statistical mechanics, C.N. Yang relativistic Bethe Ansatz and its applications, A. Zamolodchikov knots and statistical physics, F.Y. Wu correlation functions of exactly solvable models of statistical mechanics, V. Korepin type II superconductivity, D.A. Huse bose glass phase and vertex entanglement in superconductors, D. Nelson problems in self-assembling systems - from weak aggregates to biological membranes, M. Schick statistical mechanics of self-avoiding surfaces and membranes, F. David statistical problems in knot theory and noncommutative random walks, S. Nechaev universality in properties of disordered and chaotic systems, B. Alt'shuler. (Part Contents).

Samuel J. Lomonaco

斉 村上, Hitoshi Murakami

Louis Hirsch Kauffman

This talk will explain the structure of Khovanov homology for knots and links and will present a quantum algorithm for its computation that is based on the use of combinatorial Hodge theory. By using combinatorial Hodge theory we can formulate the problem of computing the homology in terms of the determination of the dimension of the eigenvalue one subspace of a unitary operator that is associated with the boundary and coboundary operators of the Khovanov complex. We then use the quantum phase estimation algorithm to find the dimension of this subspace. This is a first foray into the problems of producing a quantum algorithm for the significant knot and link invariant Khovanov homology. There are other deeper problems related to the structure of the chain complex and we shall discuss these difficulties. This paper represents joint work with Sam Lomonaco and Nadya Shirakova.