Inverse inequality conjecture for quantum uniformity and hierarchy-overlap measures

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Let UU be an nn-qudit unitary, and let UQk\left|\left|U\right|\right|_{Q^k} and Uqk\left|\left|U\right|\right|_{q^k} denote its quantum uniformity norm and hierarchy-overlap measure, respectively. Inverse inequality conjecture. If

0<cUQk,0<c\leqslant\left|\left|U\right|\right|_{Q^{k}},

then there exists a constant dd, independent of nn, such that

0<dUqk.0<d\leqslant\left|\left|U\right|\right|_{q^{k}}.

The preceding direct inequality shows that the hierarchy-overlap measure is bounded above by the quantum uniformity norm; this conjecture asks for a dimension-independent converse lower bound. Its resolution would establish quantitative equivalence between the two measures beyond their shared characterization of the Clifford hierarchy.

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Kaifeng Bu, Weichen Gu and Arthur Jaffe, “Quantum Higher Order Fourier Analysis and the Clifford Hierarchy”, arXiv:2508.15908 (2025).

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