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Algorithms for Quantum Computers

Quantum Physics 2010-01-07 v2

Abstract

This paper surveys the field of quantum computer algorithms. It gives a taste of both the breadth and the depth of the known algorithms for quantum computers, focusing on some of the more recent results. It begins with a brief review of quantum Fourier transform based algorithms, followed by quantum searching and some of its early generalizations. It continues with a more in-depth description of two more recent developments: algorithms developed in the quantum walk paradigm, followed by tensor network evaluation algorithms (which include approximating the Tutte polynomial).

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@article{arxiv.1001.0767,
  title  = {Algorithms for Quantum Computers},
  author = {Jamie Smith and Michele Mosca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.0767},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

48 pages. Part of the "Handbook of Natural Computing," upcoming from Springer Verlag. Corrected and updated author details and acknowledgments

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