Shor's algorithm with fewer (pure) qubits
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In this note we consider optimised circuits for implementing Shor's quantum factoring algorithm. First I give a circuit for which none of the about 2n qubits need to be initialised (though we still have to make the usual 2n measurements later on). Then I show how the modular additions in the algorithm can be carried out with a superposition of an arithmetic sequence. This makes parallelisation of Shor's algorithm easier. Finally I show how one can factor with only about 1.5n qubits, and maybe even fewer.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0601097,
title = {Shor's algorithm with fewer (pure) qubits},
author = {Christof Zalka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0601097},
year = {2007}
}
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