2013/07/26 by Miriam Backens · 1 voice · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/9/093021
published as New J. Phys. 16 (2014) 093021 · 26 pages
The ZX-calculus is a graphical calculus for reasoning about quantum systems and processes. It is known to be universal for pure state qubit quantum mechanics, meaning any pure state, unitary operation and post-selected pure projective measurement can be expressed in the ZX-calculus. The calculus is also sound, i.e. any equality that can be derived graphically can also be derived using matrix mechanics. Here, we show that the ZX-calculus is complete for pure qubit stabilizer quantum mechanics, meaning any equality that can be derived using matrices can also be derived pictorially. The proof relies on bringing diagrams into a normal form based on graph states and local Clifford operations.