primary paper · identifier verified 2026-07-29
Solving the sampling problem of the Sycamore quantum circuits
Feng Pan, Keyang Chen, Pan Zhang · 2021
- Identifier
- arXiv:2111.03011
- Canonical URL
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03011
Why it is in this atlas
Classical tensor-network contraction applied to the Sycamore sampling task. The strongest evidence here that a specific claimed quantum advantage narrowed — for one benchmark task, not for an application.
Claims citing this source
- tn-011 · Established resultClassical tensor-network contraction has been reported to solve the Sycamore random-circuit sampling problem, narrowing the advantage originally claimed for that specific task.
- tn-014 · Active researchNo source in this atlas establishes that classical tensor-network contraction generally outperforms quantum hardware on industrial optimization workloads.