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Clifford Circuits on Qudits of Mixed Dimension Cover

Clifford Circuits on Qudits of Mixed Dimension

Open Access
|Jun 2026

Abstract

Associated to every finite abelian group G, there is a generalization of qubit Clifford group associated to G. We demonstrate that every G-Clifford gate can be decomposed into some distinguished elementary types: Fourier transforms, quadratic phase gates, and automorphism gates. Combined with earlier results on classical simulation of normalizer circuits, this implies a generalized Gottesman-Knill-type result. We additionally provide circuits for a universal quantum computing scheme based on local two-qudit G-Clifford gates and magic states.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/qic-2026-0009 | Journal eISSN: 3106-0544 | Journal ISSN: 1533-7146
Language: English
Page range: 180 - 191
Submitted on: Sep 29, 2025
Accepted on: Feb 21, 2026
Published on: Jun 4, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Milo Moses, Jacek Horecki, Konrad Deka, Jan Tułowiecki, published by Cerebration Science Publishing Co., Limited
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