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Nuclear Physics B 926 (2018) 491–508
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Towards topological quantum computer
D. Melnikov a,b,∗ , A. Mironov a,c,d , S. Mironov a,e , A. Morozov a ,
An. Morozov a,d,f
a ITEP, Moscow 117218, Russia
b International Institute of Physics – UFRN, Campus Universitario, Lagoa Nova, CP: 1613, Natal,
RN 59078-970, Brazil
c Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow 119991, Russia
d Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow 127994, Russia
e Institute of Nuclear Research, Moscow 117312, Russia
f Laboratory of Quantum Topology, Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk 454001, Russia
Received 10 August 2017; accepted 24 November 2017
Available online 2 December 2017
Editor: Hubert Saleur
Abstract
Quantum R-matrices, the entangling deformations of non-entangling (classical) permutations, provide
a distinguished basis in the space of unitary evolutions and, consequently, a natural choice for a minimal
set of basic operations (universal gates) for quantum computation. Yet they play a special role in group
theory, integrable systems and modern theory of non-perturbative calculations in quantum field and string
theory. Despite recent developments in those fields the idea of topological quantum computing and use of
R-matrices, in particular, practically reduce to reinterpretation of standard sets of quantum gates, and sub-
sequen