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State succinctness of two-way finite automata with quantum and classical states

Quantum Physics 2012-05-24 v2 Formal Languages and Automata Theory

Abstract

{\it Two-way quantum automata with quantum and classical states} (2QCFA) were introduced by Ambainis and Watrous in 2002. In this paper we study state succinctness of 2QCFA. For any mZ+m\in {\mathbb{Z}}^+ and any ϵ<1/2\epsilon<1/2, we show that: {enumerate} there is a promise problem Aeq(m)A^{eq}(m) which can be solved by a 2QCFA with one-sided error ϵ\epsilon in a polynomial expected running time with a constant number (that depends neither on mm nor on ε\varepsilon) of quantum states and O(log1ϵ)\mathbf{O}(\log{\frac{1}{\epsilon})} classical states, whereas the sizes of the corresponding {\it deterministic finite automata} (DFA), {\it two-way nondeterministic finite automata} (2NFA) and polynomial expected running time {\it two-way probabilistic finite automata} (2PFA) are at least 2m+22m+2, logm\sqrt{\log{m}}, and (logm)/b3\sqrt[3]{(\log m)/b}, respectively; there exists a language Ltwin(m)={wcww{a,b}}L^{twin}(m)=\{wcw| w\in\{a,b\}^*\} over the alphabet Σ={a,b,c}\Sigma=\{a,b,c\} which can be recognized by a 2QCFA with one-sided error ϵ\epsilon in an exponential expected running time with a constant number of quantum states and O(log1ϵ)\mathbf{O}(\log{\frac{1}{\epsilon})} classical states, whereas the sizes of the corresponding DFA, 2NFA and polynomial expected running time 2PFA are at least 2m2^m, m\sqrt{m}, and m/b3\sqrt[3]{m/b}, respectively; {enumerate} where bb is a constant.

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@article{arxiv.1202.2651,
  title  = {State succinctness of two-way finite automata with quantum and classical states},
  author = {Shenggen Zheng and Daowen Qiu and Jozef Gruska and Lvzhou Li and Paulo Mateus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.2651},
  year   = {2012}
}

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