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Quantum communication complexity of symmetric predicates

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v2

Abstract

We completely (that is, up to a logarithmic factor) characterize the bounded-error quantum communication complexity of every predicate f(x,y)f(x,y) depending only on xy|x\cap y| (x,y[n]x,y\subseteq [n]). Namely, for a predicate DD on {0,1,...,n}\{0,1,...,n\} let 0(D)\dfmax{:1n/2D()≢D(1)}\ell_0(D)\df \max\{\ell : 1\leq\ell\leq n/2\land D(\ell)\not\equiv D(\ell-1)\} and 1(D)\dfmax{n:n/2<nD()≢D(+1)}\ell_1(D)\df \max\{n-\ell : n/2\leq\ell < n\land D(\ell)\not\equiv D(\ell+1)\}. Then the bounded-error quantum communication complexity of fD(x,y)=D(xy)f_D(x,y) = D(|x\cap y|) is equal (again, up to a logarithmic factor) to n0(D)+1(D)\sqrt{n\ell_0(D)}+\ell_1(D). In particular, the complexity of the set disjointness predicate is Ω(n)\Omega(\sqrt n). This result holds both in the model with prior entanglement and without it.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0204025,
  title  = {Quantum communication complexity of symmetric predicates},
  author = {Alexander Razborov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0204025},
  year   = {2015}
}

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