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Here is a free updated version from 2022. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04573 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04573 Edit: Alright, I'm back after skimming the paper. T
by markisus 2y ago
Here is a free updated version from 2022. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04573 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.04573
Edit: Alright, I'm back after skimming the paper. This is a halting oracle.
Here is what I understand, with my limited knowledge of QM. There are two ingredients (Theorem 3: Main Theorem, page 6).
1. For each integer n, the authors construct a spin lattice model H(n).
2. There is a specific Universal Turing Machine, that halts on n iff H(n) is gapped.
Here is how to construct the oracle. For any Turing machine, find out what integer n it corresponds to for the specific Universal Turing Machine of the paper. Then physically construct H(n) and see if it's gapped.
However, this H(n) cannot be physically realized. First, it is an idealized model in which lattice points only interact with their neighbors. Second, it actually a family of lattices, and the result is about the thermodynamic limit as the lattice becomes infinite.
Interestingly, Seth Lloyd appears to have previously proved this result in 1993. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.05924 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.05924
- andrewflnr 2y agoThat sounds right, as far as I can understand it. :D What does "thermodynamic limit" mean here, as opposed to the regular limit as it becomes infinite?
- markisus 2y agoIt's defined on page 5. > In this paper we are considering the behaviour of ∆(HΛ(L)) in the thermodynamic limit, that is, when L → ∞ So it's the same as the regular mathematical limit. There must be some thermodynamic implications but my knowledge of physics is not enough to say.