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Research Report CS-RR-432

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Simon J. Gay, Rajagopal Nagarajan, and Nikolaos Papanikolaou QMC: A Model Checker for Quantum Systems

We introduce a model-checking tool intended specially for the analysis of quantum information protocols. The tool incorporates an efficient representation of a certain class of quantum circuits, namely those expressible in the so-called stabiliser formalism. Models of protocols are described using a simple, imperative style simulation language which includes commands for the unitary operators in the Clifford group as well as classical integer and boolean variables. Formulas for verification are expressed using a subset of exogenous quantum propositional logic (EQPL). The model-checking procedure treats quantum measurements as the source of non-determinism, leading to multiple protocol runs, one for each outcome. Verification is performed for each run.

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