Questions tagged [quantum-computing]
Quantum computation and computational issues related to quantum mechanics
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Why exactly are complexity theorists interested in closed timelike curves?
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There are several papers that study the implications of closed timelike curves (CTCs) to quantum complexity. In 2008, Aaronson and Watrous published their famous paper on this topic which ...
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Lower bound on alternations needed in $BQP$ versus $PH$ result?
What is the fastest $f(n)$ the relatively new result of oracle separation of $\mathsf{BQP}$ from $\mathsf{PH}$ provides such that ${\#\mathsf{SAT}}\not\subseteq\mathsf{FP}^{\mathsf{PH}[O(f(n))]}$ ...
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Is there any quantum analog of the VP vs. VNP problem?
From Wikipedia:
$\mathsf{VP}$: The class VP is the algebraic analog of P; it is the class of polynomials $f$ of polynomial degree that have polynomial size circuits over a fixed field $K$.
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In light of Raz and Tal's results, what can we say about whether there's a BQP problem for each level of the polynomial hierarchy?
[cross-posted on QCSE a couple of weeks ago]
Every Venn diagram or Hasse diagram I see illustrating the "standard model" of computational complexity describes a universe of $\mathsf{PSPACE}$ problems,...
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What can be some bachelor thesis ideas in Quantum random walks?
Note: Cross-posted on Quantum Computing Stack Exchange.
I am an undergraduate, reading about quantum information and quantum technology. For about some time, I have been interested in the ...
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String theory based computations
I was reading Arora and Barak's book on computational complexity and in the section on 'criticism on Turing machine model and the class P' along with quantum computer it also mentions possibilities of ...
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Is there a universal gate set for classical probabilistic computing?
We know that NAND gates are universal for deterministic classical circuits, Toffoli gates are universal for reversible deterministic classical circuits, and Clifford+T is universal for quantum ...
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Dequantumizability known and unknown?
Dequantumizable problems have been taking some headlines these days (for example https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3880 and https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-finds-classical-alternative-to-...
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whether two sets of stabilizer generators are related by a Clifford circuit
I have two stabilizer models each specified with a given set of generators. Let's call the two generating sets $S_1$ and $S_2$. By stabilizer model, I mean putting the generators on unit cells of a ...
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List of quantum-inspired algorithms
Advances in quantum computing have led to the development of new classical algorithms. Notable recent examples are quantum-inspired algorithms for linear algebra:
A quantum-inspired classical ...
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QMA definition of difference between probabilities intuition
I'm reading about the complexity classes related to quantum computation, currently I'm studying QMA class. A language is in QMA(c,s) if there exists a polynomial time verifier and polynomial $p(n)$ ...
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Complexity of enumerating over promise problems and circuits?
Given an enumeration over all Turing Machine which run with increasing length, is there a ``complexity class'' which describes the complexity of determining whether a given TM satisfies the promise ...
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Complexity class of approximating perfect match count
We know we can approximate perfect matching count of bipartite and approximate volume of convex bodies in randomized polynomial time.
Is there any evidence these approximations could be in Nick's ...
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Relatively low ambitious frontiers
What are some of the current "relatively" low ambitious frontiers for MA/PhD thesis in complexity theory class separations/containment or quantum computing?
For example: In the draft version of Arora ...
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Efficient quantum algorithm for CLASSICAL FFT
Is there a known improvement on the current O(n*log(n)) algorithm for CLASSICAL FFT using quantum computation? 'n' is the number of samples.
I need to find the amplitude and phase of the K dominating ...
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Hardness of ancilla free quantum circuit extraction from circuit with ancillas
Is there any known result regarding the hardness of the following problem:
Given a quantum circuit with ancillae implementing a unitary, find a quantum circuit that does not use any ancillae that ...
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Fast classical simulation of quantum algorithms
Are there examples of cases where the classical simulation of a quantum algorithm for a problem outperforms the best previously known classical algorithm for this problem? "Outperforms" doesn't have ...
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Quantum circuit simulation divergence in results
I'm learning about quantum computing in order to code a simulator. I tried the following circuit in Quirk
And ran the same circuit using OPENQASM 2.0:
Notice that the input is |11> in both cases, ...
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Can one do quantum computing without negative amplitudes?
The typical representation I see of $k$ qubits is a $2^k$ complex numbers $c_i$ for every possible combination of values of those bits, such that the sum of all the squared magnitudes of those numbers ...
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Which cryptographic protocols are secure against quantum computer attacks?
Are there any cryptosystems that we know that would be secure against an attack by a quantum computer?
Are there problems which are known or suspected to be hard for quantum computers, and can these ...
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How would proof of the Lindelöf hypothesis improve our understanding of computational complexity classes?
A recent press release from the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC discussed the proof of the Lindelöf hypothesis by Athanassios Fokas, a visiting professor from the Department of Applied ...
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BQNC and Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problem
We know integer factorization is in $BPP^{BQNC}$ from Cleve and Watrous.
Is Abelian Hidden Subgroup Problem also in $BPP^{BQNC}$?
In particular is Discrete Logarithm in $BQNC$ or at least in $BPP^{...
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Complement for joint POVMs?
I'm trying to relate some notions of set theory to POVMs. I firstly explain the scenario with set theory and then in the POVM setting.
For some finite $N \in \mathbb{N}$, let $A_i$ and $B_i$ for $i=1,...
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PromiseBQP and expectation values of operators
This question is regarding The Equivalence of Searching and Sampling by Aaronson. In page 4 he makes the following statement,
... a difficult and unsolved meta-question is whether PromiseBPP = ...
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What would be a complete QC circuit?
In classical computing NAND is a complete set (functionally complete) of binary operations, namely any Boolean circuit can be expressed using NAND gates.
Is there an equivalent for quantum computing ...
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Is $CAPP \in P$ known to collapse some quantum complexity classes to classical ones?
Lets define the class
$ZBQP = \{ L \mid \exists \textit{P-uniform circuit family } \{C_i\}, \forall n \in \mathbb{N}, |x| = n, |\langle 0|C_n|x \rangle - I(x \in L)| \leq 9/10 \Longleftrightarrow x \...
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Query complexity of quantum search with measuring oracle
Consider the following problem:
Let $x\in X$ be a uniformly random value.
Let $O$ be an oracle that measures whether the register $Q$ contains $x$. More precisely, $O$ measures $Q$ using the ...
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QUBO formulation of a discrete-variable optimization problem
I am facing a non-linear, discrete optimization problem, which I can formulate in this abstract manner: I have a certain non-analytic non-linear real-valued function $f:S \to \mathbb{R}$ which takes ...
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What is the average sensitivity of a quantum circuit with depth $d$ and size $s$?
We have some quantum circuit $C$ with $k$ ancillae and $n$ input bits of depth $d$ and size $s$, and we can define a function $f$ which, for any $x \in \{0, 1\}^n$, is the random variable which is the ...
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Complexity class on quantum computation and classic ones
Does the complexity speedup in superpolynomial by quantum computation mean it is possible to find new algorithm on classic Turing Machine which can speedup in classic Turing Machine in ...
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Quantum polynomial hierarchy vs counting hierarchy
First of all, I'm kinda surprised that I couldn't find any paper/article defining such hierarchy.
It can be defined as follows:
$\Delta_0^{\mathsf{BQP}}=\Sigma_0^{\mathsf{BQP}}=\Pi_0^{\mathsf{BQP}}=\...
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How can I get $\sum_n e^{i a_n} |n\rangle$ from $\sum_n a_n |n\rangle$?
Suppose that I have a normalized quantum state $\sum_n a_n |n\rangle$, is there a quantum operation/circuit so that I can get $\frac{1}{N} \sum_n e^{i a_n} |n\rangle$ at output? How?
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Is there a way to extract the mean from a quantum superposition?
Given the superposed output of some quantum computation, suppose I want to know the mean state, i.e. the mean probability of each qubit sampled over all states.
The most obvious way to get this is ...
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Connection between diamond norm and output purity norm
Setting of the problem: Given a quantum channel $\mathcal{E}: \mathcal{H}_A\rightarrow \mathcal{H}_B$ (where $\mathcal{H}$ refers to a Hilbert space and subscript refers to the quantum register ...
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A random ensemble of sparse boundary operators
The following question arises from the study of quantum error correction, and high-dimensional expanders:
Is there an algorithm that for given numbers $n>0,d≤n,r≤n$ samples uniformly a linear ...
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Oracle Construction for Grover's Algorithm
In Mike and Ike's "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information", Grover's algorithm is explained in great detail. However, in the book, and in all explanations I have found online for Grover's ...
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What would a quantum computer architecture look like? [closed]
More specifically, assuming we manage to make an efficient quantum switch, some kind of "quansistor"(quantum transistor) and manage to resolve the problem of joining a bunch of them together without ...
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Convexity argument in QMA Amplification
I'm interested in the basic amplification procedure for QMA: the prover sends $O(r)$ copies of his witness to the verifier, which decreases the error probability to $2^{-O(r)}$ (Chernoff bound). The ...
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Simulating quantum measurements by unitaries
I have seen many papers in which quantum measurements are assumed to be replaced by unitaries. See this quotation from [KW00] for instance:
Often we will describe quantum circuits in a high-level ...
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Finding a basis for quantum measurement with maximum distinguishability
I wish to find a basis state for the quantum measurement of two states which provides the maximum possible distinguishability. In this example let's say we wish to find the best basis ($|\psi\rangle$) ...
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Numerical accuracy of superpositions in quantum computers
I am new to the topic of quantum computers (though I am very familiar with both quantum and computers, and I have studied Shor's paper about his eponymous algorithm at some point). Still, I have the ...
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general statement what kinds of problems can be solved more efficiently
is there a general statement what kinds of problems can be solved more efficiently using quantum computers (quantum gate model only)? do the problems for which an algorithm is known today have a ...
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When can be used the “uncompute garbage” trick in quantum computing?
As far as I have understood, "uncomputation" in quantum computing is a way to restore the working memory to its initial state, while keeping the result of the computation in another register. This ...
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Running multiple rounds of a BQP computation, without multiple measurements? [closed]
BQP as usually defined is: the class of decision problems solvable by a quantum computer in polynomial time, with an error probability of at most 1/3 for all instances.
Just like BPP, the choice of 1/...
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Is graph automorphism Karp-reducible to graph isomorphism under hidden subgroup representation?
The classical representations of the graph automorphism problem is Karp-reducible to the classical representation of the graph isomorphism problem. The sketch of proof for this can be written as ...
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How to simulate the quantum measurement of a quantum state in Quantum Image
I'm trying to implement (simulate) the Novel Enhanced Quantum Representation (NEQR), which is one of the quantum image representation models, but i'm stuck in the measurement part. In other words i ...
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Computational Complexity of cycle double cover
Let $\mathcal{G}$ be the set of all finite simple graphs. Let graph $G\in \mathcal{G}$ and $C_G=\left <C_1,...,C_m \right >$ be a sequence of cycles of $G$ for some $m$. For every edge $e$ of $G$...
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Quantum polynomial method and L2-norm
Consider a quantum query algorithm that takes as input $x \in \{0,1\}^n$. Denote by $X_i$ the variable that evaluates to $1$ on input $x$ if the $i$-th bit of $x$ is 1, and $-1$ otherwise. Let $X_{\...
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What does a tangible Quantum-Gate look like?
I'v read published books, articles and papers about Quantum-Computing.
I found that all the materials I've seen are, instead of describing quantum gate from basic physics to abstraction, trying hard ...
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Cutting edge of quantum error correction
Often I find myself needing to know the best error correcting code for a certain quantum scenario. For example, suppose my logical systems are 3-dimensional; then what's the most efficient encoding to ...
