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A Quantum Algorithm for Finding the Minimum

Quantum Physics 2008-02-03 v2 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We give a quantum algorithm to find the index y in a table T of size N such that in time O(c sqrt N), T[y] is minimum with probability at least 1-1/2^c.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9607014,
  title  = {A Quantum Algorithm for Finding the Minimum},
  author = {Christoph Durr and Peter Hoyer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9607014},
  year   = {2008}
}

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