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Probabilistic Computers (So Quantum Computers) Are More Rigorously Powerful Than Traditional Computers, and Derandomization

Computational Complexity 2026-05-26 v8 Probability

Abstract

In this paper, we extend the techniques used in our previous work to show that there exists a probabilistic Turing machine running within time O(nk)O(n^k) for all kN1k\in\mathbb{N}_1 accepting a language LdL_d that is different from any language in P\mathcal{P}, and then further to prove that LdBPPL_d\in\mathcal{BPP}, thus separating the complexity class BPP\mathcal{BPP} from the class P\mathcal{P} (i.e., PBPP\mathcal{P}\subsetneqq\mathcal{BPP}). Since the complexity class BQP\mathcal{BQP} of {\em bounded error quantum polynomial-time} contains the complexity class BPP\mathcal{BPP} (i.e., BPPBQP\mathcal{BPP}\subseteq\mathcal{BQP}), we thus confirm the widespread-belief conjecture that quantum computers are {\em rigorously more powerful} than traditional computers (i.e., PBQP\mathcal{P}\subsetneqq\mathcal{BQP}). As an important consequence of the above results, we disprove the {\bf Extended Church-Turing Thesis}. Furthermore, we also show that (1): PRP\mathcal{P}\subsetneqq\mathcal{RP}; (2): PcoRP\mathcal{P}\subsetneqq{\rm co-}\mathcal{RP}; (3): PZPP\mathcal{P}\subsetneqq\mathcal{ZPP}. Previously, whether the above relations hold or not were long-standing open questions in complexity theory. Meanwhile, the result of PBPP\mathcal{P}\subsetneqq\mathcal{BPP} shows that {\em randomness} plays an essential role in probabilistic algorithm design. In particular, we go further to show that (4): The number of random bits used by any probabilistic algorithm that accepts the language LdL_d can not be reduced to O(logn)O(\log n); (5): There exists no efficient (complexity-theoretic) {\em pseudorandom generator} (PRG). G:{0,1}O(logn){0,1}n; G:\{0,1\}^{O(\log n)}\rightarrow \{0,1\}^n; (6): There exists no quick HSG H:k(n)nH:k(n)\rightarrow n such that k(n)=O(logn)k(n)=O(\log n).

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@article{arxiv.2308.09549,
  title  = {Probabilistic Computers (So Quantum Computers) Are More Rigorously Powerful Than Traditional Computers, and Derandomization},
  author = {Tianrong Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.09549},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

[v8] introduction section further polished; grammatical mistakes corrected; 31 pages, 5 figures; arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2110.06211

R2 v1 2026-06-28T11:58:46.109Z