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Distributed construction of quantum fingerprints

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Quantum fingerprints are useful quantum encodings introduced by Buhrman, Cleve, Watrous, and de Wolf (Physical Review Letters, Volume 87, Number 16, Article 167902, 2001; quant-ph/0102001) in obtaining an efficient quantum communication protocol. We design a protocol for constructing the fingerprint in a distributed scenario. As an application, this protocol gives rise to a communication protocol more efficient than the best known classical protocol for a communication problem.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0305022,
  title  = {Distributed construction of quantum fingerprints},
  author = {Andris Ambainis and Yaoyun Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0305022},
  year   = {2007}
}