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message: >-
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  type: misc
  authors: &authors
    - family-names: Harrigan
      given-names: Matthew P.
      affiliation: Google LLC
      orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9412-0553
    - family-names: Khattar
      given-names: Tanuj
      affiliation: Google LLC
      orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5545-3066
    - family-names: Yuan
      given-names: Charles
      affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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    - family-names: Peduri
      given-names: Anurudh
      affiliation: Ruhr University Bochum
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      affiliation: Google LLC
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  title: Expressing and Analyzing Quantum Algorithms with Qualtran
  year: 2024
  doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.04643
  url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04643
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    - description: arXiv identifier for the submission
      value: 'arXiv:2409.04643'
      type: other
  keywords:
    - quant-ph

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title: Qualtran
authors: *authors
abstract: >-
  Qualtran is a set of abstractions for representing quantum programs, and a
  library of quantum algorithms expressed in that language to support quantum
  algorithms research.
version: 0.6.0
date-released: 2025-04-01
url: https://github.com/quantumlib/Qualtran
repository-code: https://github.com/quantumlib/Qualtran
license: Apache-2.0
type: software
identifiers:
  - description: The home page for Qualtran
    value: https://quantumai.google/Qualtran
    type: url
  - description: PyPI project for Qualtran
    value: https://pypi.org/project/Qualtran
    type: url
  - description: GitHub repository for Qualtran
    value: https://github.com/quantumlib/Qualtran
    type: url
  - description: DOI for the preprint
    value: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.04643
    type: doi
  - description: Web page for the preprint
    value: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04643
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  - algorithms
  - API
  - application programming interface
  - compilation
  - conversion
  - diagramming
  - logical qubit
  - open-source software
  - physics
  - Python
  - QEC
  - quantum
  - quantum algorithms
  - quantum circuits
  - quantum computing
  - quantum error correction
  - quantum error decoder
  - quantum gates
  - quantum programming
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  - quantum simulation
  - quantum state
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  - research
  - resource estimation
  - science
  - SDK
  - simulation
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  - stabilizer circuits
  - translator
  - visualization