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On the class of languages recognizable by 1-way quantum finite automata

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is an open problem to characterize the class of languages recognized by quantum finite automata (QFA). We examine some necessary and some sufficient conditions for a (regular) language to be recognizable by a QFA. For a subclass of regular languages we get a condition which is necessary and sufficient. Also, we prove that the class of languages recognizable by a QFA is not closed under union or any other binary Boolean operation where both arguments are significant.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0009004,
  title  = {On the class of languages recognizable by 1-way quantum finite automata},
  author = {Andris Ambainis and Arnolds Kikusts and Maris Valdats},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0009004},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

18 pages, 16 figures, extends quant-ph/0001005