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In this paper the parallel algorithms to simulate measurements and unitary operations in the quantum computing model are presented. The proposed solutions are implemented using the CUDA technology. Moreover, a more effective routine for processing density matrices is presented. The main advantages of this approach are the reduced memory requirement and a good use of the computing power of the GPU hardware. Additionally, the proposed solution can be used to simulate circuits build from qubits or qudits.
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Sawerwain, M. (2012). GPU-Based Parallel Algorithms for Transformations of Quantum States Expressed as Vectors and Density Matrices. In: Wyrzykowski, R., Dongarra, J., Karczewski, K., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics. PPAM 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7203. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31464-3_22
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