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Numerous conceptually important quantum algorithms rely on a black-box device known as an oracle, which is typically difficult to construct without knowing the answer to the problem that the algorithm is intended to solve. A notable example…

This report presents a practical approach to teaching quantum computing to Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) students through dedicated hands-on programming labs. The labs cover a diverse range of topics, encompassing…

Physics Education · Physics 2025-08-20 Janche Sang , Chansu Yu

Studies on Quantum Computing have been developed since the 1980s, motivating researches on quantum algorithms better than any classical algorithm possible. An example of such algorithms is Grover's algorithm, capable of finding $k$ (marked)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-08 Gustavo Alves Bezerra

This article introduces an enhancement to the Grover search algorithm to speed up computing the probability of finding good states. It suggests incorporating a rotation phase angle determined mathematically from the derivative of the model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-13 Ismael Abdulrahman

Quantum algorithms use the principles of quantum mechanics, as for example quantum superposition, in order to solve particular problems outperforming standard computation. They are developed for cryptography, searching, optimisation,…

There are major advantages in a newer version of Grover's quantum algorithm utilizing a general unitary transformation in the search of a single object in a large unsorted database. In this paper, we generalize this algorithm to multiobject…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Goong Chen , Shunhua Sun

This tutorial paper introduces quantum approaches to Monte Carlo computation with applications in computational finance. We outline the basics of quantum computing using Grover's algorithm for unstructured search to build intuition. We then…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-24 Jose Blanchet , Mark S. Squillante , Mario Szegedy , Guanyang Wang

We analyze the performance of classical and quantum search algorithms from a thermodynamic perspective, focusing on resources such as time, energy, and memory size. We consider two examples that are relevant to post-quantum cryptography:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-02 Ray Perlner , Yi-Kai Liu

By studying the attribute of the inversion about average operation in quantum searching algorithm, we find the similarity between the quantum searching and the course of two rigid bodies'collision. Some related questions are discussed from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 Jingfu Zhang , Zhiheng Lu

This paper presents an enhancement to Grover's search algorithm for instances where the number of items (or the size of the search problem) $N$ is not a power of 2. By employing an efficient algorithm for the preparation of uniform quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-06 Alok Shukla , Prakash Vedula

In this research notebook in the four-part, quantum computation and applications, quantum computation and algorithms, quantum communication protocol, and universal quantum computation for quantum engineers, researchers, and scientists, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-07 Bhupesh Bishnoi

These are notes for the course CS-172 I first taught in the Fall 1986 at UC Berkeley and subsequently at Boston University. The goal was to introduce the undergraduates to basic concepts of Theory of Computation and to provoke their…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Leonid A. Levin

Quantum search algorithms are considered in the context of protein sequence comparison in biocomputing. Given a sample protein sequence of length m (i.e m residues), the problem considered is to find an optimal match in a large database…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

We demonstrated the detailed construction of the hybrid quantum-classical computer. Based on this architecture, the useful concept of amplitude interception is illustrated. It is then embedded into a combination of Depth-First Search and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-13 Haoxiang Guo

Withdrawn by the author due to irreparable errors. We present a quantum algorithm that in the black-box model performs a search in an ordered list of N elements. Using 3/4 log N + O(1) queries, it achieves a success probability of at least…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hein Roehrig

The Grover quantum search algorithm is generalized to deal with an arbitrary mixed initial state. The probability to measure a marked state as a function of time is calculated, and found to depend strongly on the specific initial state. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eli Biham , Dan Kenigsberg

We present an information geometric characterization of Grover's quantum search algorithm. First, we quantify the notion of quantum distinguishability between parametric density operators by means of the Wigner-Yanase quantum information…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Carlo Cafaro , Stefano Mancini

There are many falsely intuitive introductions to quantum theory and quantum computation in a handwave. There are also numerous documents which teach those subjects in a mathematically sound manner. To my knowledge this paper is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-25 Pablo Arrighi

Replication of DNA and synthesis of proteins are studied from the view-point of quantum database search. Identification of a base-pairing with a quantum query gives a natural (and first ever) explanation of why living organisms have 4…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Apoorva Patel

We present a quantum algorithmic routine that extends the realm of Grover-based heuristics for tackling combinatorial optimization problems with arbitrary efficiently computable objective and constraint functions. Building on previously…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 Sören Wilkening