English

Claw Finding Algorithms Using Quantum Walk

Quantum Physics 2011-06-17 v2 Computational Complexity

Abstract

The claw finding problem has been studied in terms of query complexity as one of the problems closely connected to cryptography. For given two functions, f and g, as an oracle which have domains of size N and M (N<=M), respectively, and the same range, the goal of the problem is to find x and y such that f(x)=g(y). This paper describes an optimal algorithm using quantum walk that solves this problem. Our algorithm can be generalized to find a claw of k functions for any constant integer k>1, where the domains of the functions may have different size.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.0708.2584,
  title  = {Claw Finding Algorithms Using Quantum Walk},
  author = {Seiichiro Tani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.2584},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

12 pages. Introduction revised. A reference added. Weak lower bound deleted

R2 v1 2026-06-21T09:08:47.232Z