ShorVis: A Comprehensive Case Study of Quantum Computing Visualization

Abstract

We introduce an open-source web-based platform that integrated multiple methods for visualizing Shor's algorithm. We mainly focus on three different approaches which are widely used in the field of visualizing qubit and quantum algorithms. These methods include Bloch sphere, quantum circuit and probability distribution map. We combine these geometrical methods and abstract the level of quantum circuit in order to introduce the well-known Shor's algorithm more explicitly. Our platform provides a direct and comprehensible perspective for better understanding the basic principles of quantum computation and how the features of quantum algorithms reduce the time complexity of certain problems. It also provides an interactive way for users to easily test the Shor's factoring algorithm. With further improvement and development, potential capacity can be proved in the field of visualization of quantum computation.