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Nikhil Bansal 0006

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1as first author
1since 2021 · last 2026
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021

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Theoretical computer science
1 paper
Quantum computing and quantum information · 67% Computational complexity · 33%

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TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Quantum computing and quantum information › quantum foundations
no-cloning theorem
1.012026
Cloning is as Hard as Learning for Stabilizer States · COLT 2026
Quantum computing and quantum information
quantum learning theory
1.012026
Cloning is as Hard as Learning for Stabilizer States · COLT 2026
Computational complexity › learning theory
sample complexity
1.012026
Cloning is as Hard as Learning for Stabilizer States · COLT 2026

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sample amplification · 1.0representation theory · 1.0random purification channel · 1.0abelian state hidden subgroup · 1.0
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 Cloning is as Hard as Learning for Stabilizer States
abstract
The impossibility of simultaneously cloning non-orthogonal states lies at the foundations of quantum theory. Even when allowing for approximation errors, cloning an arbitrary unknown pure state requires as many initial copies as needed to fully learn the state. Rather than arbitrary unknown states, modern quantum learning theory often considers structured classes of states and exploits such structure to develop learning algorithms that outperform general-state tomography. This raises the question: How do the sample complexities of learning and cloning relate for such structured classes? We answer this question for an important class of states. Namely, for $n$-qubit stabilizer states, we show that the optimal sample complexity of cloning is $\Theta(n)$. Thus, also for this structured class of states, cloning is as hard as learning. To prove this result, we use representation-theoretic tools in the recently proposed Abelian State Hidden Subgroup framework and a new structured version of the recently introduced random purification channel to relate stabilizer state cloning to a variant of the sample amplification problem for probability distributions that was recently introduced in classical learning theory. This allows us to obtain our cloning lower bounds by proving new sample amplification lower bounds for classes of distributions with an underlying linear structure. Our results provide a more fine-grained perspective on No-Cloning theorems, opening up connections from foundations to quantum learning theory and quantum cryptography.
Nikhil Bansal 0006, Matthias C. Caro, Gaurav Mahajan
COLT1