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The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is designed to run on a gate model quantum computer and has shallow depth. It takes as input a combinatorial optimization problem and outputs a string that satisfies a high fraction of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-22 Edward Farhi , Aram W Harrow

Solving systems of linear equations is a fundamental problem, but it can be computationally intensive for classical algorithms in high dimensions. Existing quantum algorithms can achieve exponential speedups for the quantum linear system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Junhyung Lyle Kim , Nai-Hui Chia , Anastasios Kyrillidis

Benchmarking the performance of quantum error correction codes in physical systems is crucial for achieving fault-tolerant quantum computing. Current methodologies, such as (shadow) tomography or direct fidelity estimation, fall short in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 Junjie Chen , Pei Zeng , Qi Zhao , Xiongfeng Ma , You Zhou

A proof of quantumness is a protocol through which a classical machine can test whether a purportedly quantum device, with comparable time and memory resources, is performing a computation that is impossible for classical computers.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-04-21 A. C. Cem Say , M. Utkan Gezer

Quantum algorithms rely on quantum computers for implementation, but the physical connectivity constraints of modern quantum processors impede the efficient realization of quantum algorithms. Qubit mapping, a critical technology for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Wenjie Sun , Xiaoyu Li , Lianhui Yu , Zhigang Wang , Geng Chen , Desheng Zheng , Guowu Yang

We give a new upper bound on the quantum query complexity of deciding $st$-connectivity on certain classes of planar graphs, and show the bound is sometimes exponentially better than previous results. We then show Boolean formula evaluation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-19 Stacey Jeffery , Shelby Kimmel

Matrix powering is a fundamental computational primitive in linear algebra. It has widespread applications in scientific computing and engineering, and underlies the solution of time-homogeneous linear ordinary differential equations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Guillermo González , Rahul Trivedi , J. Ignacio Cirac

Testing graph completeness is a critical problem in computer science and network theory. Leveraging quantum computation, we present an efficient algorithm using the Szegedy quantum walk and quantum phase estimation (QPE). Our algorithm,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-26 Sara Giordano , Miguel A. Martin-Delgado

The complexity class NP is quintessential and ubiquitous in theoretical computer science. Two different approaches have been made to define "Quantum NP," the quantum analogue of NP: NQP by Adleman, DeMarrais, and Huang, and QMA by Knill,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomoyuki Yamakami

We propose a new method for proving lower bounds on quantum query algorithms. Instead of a classical adversary that runs the algorithm with one input and then modifies the input, we use a quantum adversary that runs the algorithm with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andris Ambainis

Quantum algorithms are demonstrated to outperform classical algorithms for certain problems and thus are promising candidates for efficient information processing. Herein we aim to provide a brief and popular introduction to quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-22 Shihao Zhang , Lvzhou Li

We investigate the dividing line between classical and quantum computational power in estimating properties of matrix functions. More precisely, we study the computational complexity of two primitive problems: given a function $f$ and a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Santiago Cifuentes , Samson Wang , Thais L. Silva , Mario Berta , Leandro Aolita

Property testing has been extensively studied and its target is to determine whether a given object satisfies a certain property or it is far from the property. In this paper, we construct an efficient quantum algorithm which tests if a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoshifumi Inui

The goal of demonstrating a quantum advantage with currently available experimental systems is of utmost importance in quantum information science. While this remains elusive for quantum computation, the field of communication complexity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-16 Niraj Kumar , Iordanis Kerenidis , Eleni Diamanti

Quantum computers are expected to offer substantial speedups over their classical counterparts and to solve problems that are intractable for classical computers. Beyond such practical significance, the concept of quantum computation opens…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-13 Stefanie Barz , Joseph F. Fitzsimons , Elham Kashefi , Philip Walther

We identify a formal connection between physical problems related to the detection of separable (unentangled) quantum states and complexity classes in theoretical computer science. In particular, we show that to nearly every quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-27 Gus Gutoski , Patrick Hayden , Kevin Milner , Mark M. Wilde

Functions are a fundamental object in mathematics, with countless applications to different fields, and are usually classified based on certain properties, given their domains and images. An important property of a real-valued function is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Nhat A. Nghiem , Tzu-Chieh Wei

We present three contributions to the understanding of QMA with multiple provers: 1) We give a tight soundness analysis of the protocol of [Blier and Tapp, ICQNM '09], yielding a soundness gap Omega(1/N^2). Our improvement is achieved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-01 Alessandro Chiesa , Michael A. Forbes

Important quantum algorithm routines allow the implementation of specific quantum operations (a.k.a. gates) by combining basic quantum circuits with an iterative structure. In this structure, the number of repetitions of the basic circuit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Clement Ronfaut , Robin Ollive , Stephane Louise

This paper initiates the study of quantum algorithms for matroid property problems. It is shown that quadratic quantum speedup is possible for the calculation problem of finding the girth or the number of circuits (bases, flats,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-28 Xiaowei Huang , Jingquan Luo , Lvzhou Li