Depth-efficient proofs of quantumness

Zhenning Liu1 and Alexandru Gheorghiu2

1Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2Institute for Theoretical Studies, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

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Abstract

A proof of quantumness is a type of challenge-response protocol in which a classical verifier can efficiently certify the $\textit{quantum advantage}$ of an untrusted prover. That is, a quantum prover can correctly answer the verifier's challenges and be accepted, while any polynomial-time classical prover will be rejected with high probability, based on plausible computational assumptions. To answer the verifier's challenges, existing proofs of quantumness typically require the quantum prover to perform a combination of polynomial-size quantum circuits and measurements.
In this paper, we give two proof of quantumness constructions in which the prover need only perform $\textit{constant-depth quantum circuits}$ (and measurements) together with log-depth classical computation. Our first construction is a generic compiler that allows us to translate all existing proofs of quantumness into constant quantum depth versions. Our second construction is based around the $\textit{learning with rounding}$ problem, and yields circuits with shorter depth and requiring fewer qubits than the generic construction. In addition, the second construction also has some robustness against noise.

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