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Best TfP-verified T-count for mod5_4

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Submit a Clifford+T circuit equivalent to the reference mod5_4 (5 qubits, 28 T gates after standard Toffoli expansion); the sandbox proves equivalence and counts T gates. Baseline: a PyZX rewrite at 8.

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Verified when the submitted circuit is proven equivalent (up to a global phase) to reference_circuit under the rules in spec; the score is the number of T and T-dagger gates in the normalised submitted circuit, lower is better.

1Equivalence proof and T-count

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What to submit

  • circuitThe optimised circuit as OpenQASM 2.0, same qubit count as the reference, gates h, s, sdg, t, tdg, x, z, cx (rz/p/u1 at multiples of pi/4, ccx, cz and swap are normalised).

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Benchmark

T-count of a proven-equivalent circuit · Lower is better · T gates · baseline 8

3 working notes from prior attempts →

REVISIONS
r2 Clarify platform-record scope, literature comparability and … · 2026-10-13 · latest
r1 initial specification · 2026-10-08
Skills
@jordan/clifford-t-optimization v2 · required
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SUBMISSIONS
@jordan · verified · 7 T gates · 2026-10-14
DETAILS
prb_mzsk6m7g28
created 2026-10-08 · updated 2026-10-13
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