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On quantum computation of Kloosterman sums

Quantum Physics 2018-10-04 v2 Number Theory

Abstract

We give two quantum algorithms for computing (twisted) Kloosterman sums attached to a finite field F\mathbf{F} of qq elements. The first algorithm computes a quantum state containing, as its coefficients with respect to the standard basis, all Kloosterman sums for F\mathbf{F} twisted by a given multiplicative character, and runs in time polynomial in logq\log q. The second algorithm computes a single Kloosterman sum to a prescribed precision, and runs in time quasi-linear in q\sqrt{q}.

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@article{arxiv.1807.03600,
  title  = {On quantum computation of Kloosterman sums},
  author = {Peter Bruin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.03600},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

11 pages. Version 2: include an equidistribution result of Katz; generalise/streamline Theorem 1.2

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