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Parrondo Games and Quantum Algorithms

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We pursue the possible connections between classical games and quantum computation. The Parrondo game is one in which a random combination of two losing games produces a winning game. We introduce novel realizations of this Parrondo effect in which the player can `win' via random reflections and rotations of the state-vector, and connect these to known quantum algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0203043,
  title  = {Parrondo Games and Quantum Algorithms},
  author = {Chiu Fan Lee and Neil Johnson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0203043},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, no figures