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We initiate a systematic study of pseudo-deterministic quantum algorithms. These are quantum algorithms that, for any input, output a canonical solution with high probability. Focusing on the query complexity model, our main contributions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-20 Hugo Aaronson , Tom Gur , Jiawei Li

A randomized algorithm for a search problem is *pseudodeterministic* if it produces a fixed canonical solution to the search problem with high probability. In their seminal work on the topic, Gat and Goldwasser posed as their main open…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Lijie Chen , Zhenjian Lu , Igor C. Oliveira , Hanlin Ren , Rahul Santhanam

We introduce a novel deterministic quantum search algorithm that provides a practical alternative to conventional probabilistic search approaches. Our scheme eliminates the inherent uncertainty of quantum search without relying on arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 John Burke , Ciaran McGoldrick

Derandomization is the process of taking a randomized algorithm and turning it into a deterministic algorithm, which has attracted great attention in classical computing. In quantum computing, it is challenging and intriguing to derandomize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-27 Guanzhong Li , Lvzhou Li

Unstructured search remains as one of the significant challenges in computer science, as classical search algorithms become increasingly impractical for large-scale systems due to their linear time complexity. Quantum algorithms, notably…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-22 Harishankar Mishra , Asvija Balasubramanyam , Gudapati Naresh Raghava

Interest in the random-order model (ROM) leads us to initiate a study of utilizing random-order arrivals to extract random bits with the goal of derandomizing algorithms. Besides producing simple algorithms, simulating random bits through…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Allan Borodin , Christodoulos Karavasilis , David Zhang

We create classical (non-quantum) dynamic data structures supporting queries for recommender systems and least-squares regression that are comparable to their quantum analogues. De-quantizing such algorithms has received a flurry of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-30 Nadiia Chepurko , Kenneth L. Clarkson , Lior Horesh , Honghao Lin , David P. Woodruff

Many quantum algorithms can be analyzed in a query model to compute Boolean functions where input is given by a black box. As in the classical version of decision trees, different kinds of quantum query algorithms are possible: exact,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-24 Alina Dubrovska Vasilieva

Randomization is a fundamental tool used in many theoretical and practical areas of computer science. We study here the role of randomization in the area of submodular function maximization. In this area most algorithms are randomized, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-11 Niv Buchbinder , Moran Feldman

We study randomized and quantum query (a.k.a. decision tree) complexity for all total Boolean functions, with emphasis to derandomization and dequantization (removing quantumness from algorithms). Firstly, we show that $D(f) = O(Q_1(f)^3)$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gatis Midrijanis

Quantum algorithms can be analyzed in a query model to compute Boolean functions where input is given in a black box, but the aim is to compute function value for arbitrary input using as few queries as possible. In this paper we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-24 Alina Dubrovska Vasilieva , Taisia Mischenko-Slatenkova

We consider the fundamental derandomization problem of deterministically finding a satisfying assignment to a CNF formula that has many satisfying assignments. We give a deterministic algorithm which, given an $n$-variable…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-01-12 Rocco A. Servedio , Li-Yang Tan

A quantum algorithm is exact if, on any input data, it outputs the correct answer with certainty (probability 1). A key question is: how big is the advantage of exact quantum algorithms over their classical counterparts: deterministic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-11 Andris Ambainis

Quantum algorithms can be analyzed in a query model to compute Boolean functions where input is given in a black box and the aim is to compute function value for arbitrary input using as few queries as possible. We concentrate on quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-23 Alina Vasilieva

With the rapid development of quantum computers, quantum algorithms have been studied extensively. However, quantum algorithms tackling statistical problems are still lacking. In this paper, we propose a novel non-oracular quantum adaptive…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-07-20 Wenxuan Zhong , Yuan Ke , Ye Wang , Yongkai Chen , Jinyang Chen , Ping Ma

In combinatorics, the probabilistic method is a very powerful tool to prove the existence of combinatorial objects with interesting and useful properties. Explicit constructions of objects with such properties are often very difficult, or…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Luca Trevisan

We develop deterministic approximation algorithms for the minimum dominating set problem in the CONGEST model with an almost optimal approximation guarantee. For $\epsilon>1/{\text{{poly}}}\log \Delta$ we obtain two algorithms with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Janosch Deurer , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus

The Quantitative Group Testing (QGT) is about learning a (hidden) subset $K$ of some large domain $N$ using a sequence of queries, where a result of a query provides information about the size of the intersection of the query with the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Dariusz R. Kowalski , Dominik Pajak

The paper is devoted to an approach to solving a problem of the efficiency of parallel computing. The theoretical basis of this approach is the concept of a $Q$-determinant. Any numerical algorithm has a $Q$-determinant. The $Q$-determinant…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Valentina N. Aleeva , Rifkhat Zh. Aleev

The query model offers a concrete setting where quantum algorithms are provably superior to randomized algorithms. Beautiful results by Bernstein-Vazirani, Simon, Aaronson, and others presented partial Boolean functions that can be computed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 Avishay Tal
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