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Quantum Zero-Error Algorithms Cannot be Composed

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2 Computational Complexity

Abstract

We exhibit two black-box problems, both of which have an efficient quantum algorithm with zero-error, yet whose composition does not have an efficient quantum algorithm with zero-error. This shows that quantum zero-error algorithms cannot be composed. In oracle terms, we give a relativized world where ZQP^{ZQP}\=ZQP, while classically we always have ZPP^{ZPP}=ZPP.

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0211029,
  title  = {Quantum Zero-Error Algorithms Cannot be Composed},
  author = {Harry Buhrman and Ronald de Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0211029},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages LaTeX. 2nd version slightly rewritten