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Quantum search algorithms

Quantum Physics 2008-05-12 v1 Computational Complexity Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

We review some of quantum algorithms for search problems: Grover's search algorithm, its generalization to amplitude amplification, the applications of amplitude amplification to various problems and the recent quantum algorithms based on quantum walks.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0504012,
  title  = {Quantum search algorithms},
  author = {Andris Ambainis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0504012},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

12 pages, short survey on selected topics for SIGACT News Complexity Column, published in June 2004