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Parity Matrix Intermediate Representation

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Explore foundational research through preprint papers, scholarly articles, and textbooks that introduce, use, and extend this technique.

This paper introduces the parity matrix intermediate representation of CNOT circuits. It proposes a technique based on Gaussian elimination and Steiner trees, and has been further refined with better worst case scaling in the RowCol algorithm.

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