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On the probability of finding marked connected components using quantum walks

Quantum Physics 2018-05-15 v2

Abstract

Finding a marked vertex in a graph can be a complicated task when using quantum walks. Recent results show that for two or more adjacent marked vertices search by quantum walk with Grover's coin may have no speed-up over classical exhaustive search. In this paper, we analyze the probability of finding a marked vertex for a set of connected components of marked vertices. We prove two upper bounds on the probability of finding a marked vertex and sketch further research directions.

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@article{arxiv.1710.04046,
  title  = {On the probability of finding marked connected components using quantum walks},
  author = {Nikolajs Nahimovs and Raqueline A. M. Santos and Kamil Khadiev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.04046},
  year   = {2018}
}

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13 pages. To appear at Lobachevskii Journal of Mathematics

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