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Decidable and undecidable problems about quantum automata

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We study the following decision problem: is the language recognized by a quantum finite automaton empty or non-empty? We prove that this problem is decidable or undecidable depending on whether recognition is defined by strict or non-strict thresholds. This result is in contrast with the corresponding situation for probabilistic finite automata for which it is known that strict and non-strict thresholds both lead to undecidable problems.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0304082,
  title  = {Decidable and undecidable problems about quantum automata},
  author = {Vincent D. Blondel and Emmanuel Jeandel and Pascal Koiran and Natacha Portier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0304082},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages