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A learning graph based quantum query algorithm for finding constant-size subgraphs

Quantum Physics 2012-09-04 v3 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

Let HH be a fixed kk-vertex graph with mm edges and minimum degree d>0d >0. We use the learning graph framework of Belovs to show that the bounded-error quantum query complexity of determining if an nn-vertex graph contains HH as a subgraph is O(n22/kt)O(n^{2-2/k-t}), where t=maxk22(m+1)k(k+1)(m+1),2kd3k(d+1)(md+2) t = \max{\frac{k^2- 2(m+1)}{k(k+1)(m+1)}, \frac{2k - d - 3}{k(d+1)(m-d+2)}}. The previous best algorithm of Magniez et al. had complexity O~(n22/k)\widetilde O(n^{2-2/k}).

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@article{arxiv.1109.5135,
  title  = {A learning graph based quantum query algorithm for finding constant-size subgraphs},
  author = {Troy Lee and Frederic Magniez and Miklos Santha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.5135},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

The analysis has been refined and a second algorithm included

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