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Coherence plays a very important role in Grover search algorithm (GSA). In this paper, we define the normalization coherence N(C), where C is a coherence measurement. In virtue of the constraint of large N and Shannon's maximum entropy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Minghua Pan , Haozhen Situ , Shenggen Zheng

Query complexity is a model of computation in which we have to compute a function $f(x_1, \ldots, x_N)$ of variables $x_i$ which can be accessed via queries. The complexity of an algorithm is measured by the number of queries that it makes.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 Andris Ambainis

We consider a probabilistic quantum implementation of a variable of the Pocklington-Lehmer $N-1$ primality test using Shor's algorithm. O($\log^3 N \log\log N \log\log\log N$) elementary q-bit operations are required to determine the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 H. F. Chau , H. -K. Lo

In the last few years, theoretical study of quantum systems serving as computational devices has achieved tremendous progress. We now have strong theoretical evidence that quantum computers, if built, might be used as a dramatically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 Dorit Aharonov

Frequently, subroutines in quantum computers have the structure $\mathcal{F}\mathcal{U}\mathcal{F}^{-1}$, where $\mathcal{F}$ is some unitary transform and $\mathcal{U}$ is performing a quantum computation. In this paper we suggest that if,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-16 Y. S. Nam , R. Blümel

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

Shor's algorithm is one of the most prominent quantum algorithms, yet finding efficient implementations remains an active research challenge. While many approaches focus on low-level modular arithmetic optimizations, a broader perspective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Moritz Schmidt , Abhoy Kole , Leon Wichette , Rolf Drechsler , Frank Kirchner , Elie Mounzer

This paper studies the quantum computational complexity of the discrete logarithm (DL) and related group-theoretic problems in the context of generic algorithms -- that is, algorithms that do not exploit any properties of the group…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-23 Minki Hhan , Takashi Yamakawa , Aaram Yun

In quantum information processing (QIP), the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) has a plethora of applications [1] [2] [3]: Shor's algorithm and phase estimation are just a few well-known examples. Shor's quantum factorization algorithm, one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Shlomo Kashani , Maryam Alqasemi , Jacob Hammond

Understanding quantum speed-up over classical computing is fundamental for the development of efficient quantum algorithms. In this paper, we study such problem within the framework of the Quantum Query Model, which represents the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-07 S. A. Grillo , F. L. Marquezino

Quantifying coherence is a key task in both quantum mechanical theory and practical applications. Here, a reliable quantum coherence measure is presented by utilizing the quantum skew information of the state of interest subject to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-03 Chang-shui Yu

The quantum algorithms of Deutsch, Simon and Shor are described in a way which highlights their dependence on the Fourier transform. The general construction of the Fourier transform on an Abelian group is outlined and this provides a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Richard Jozsa

Nowadays, predominant asymmetric cryptographic schemes are considered to be secure because discrete logarithms are believed to be hard to be computed. The algorithm of Shor can effectively compute discrete logarithms, i.e. it can brake such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Johanna Barzen , Frank Leymann

Recent research has demonstrated that quantum computers can solve certain types of problems substantially faster than the known classical algorithms. These problems include factoring integers and certain physics simulations. Practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Emanuel Knill , Raymond Laflamme , Wojciech H. Zurek

A fundamental problem in quantum information is to understand the operational significance of quantum resources. Quantum resource theories (QRTs) provide a powerful theoretical framework that aids in analyzing and comprehending the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Yu Luo

One of the fundamental features of quantum mechanics is the superposition principle, a manifestation of which is embodied in quantum coherence. Coherence of a quantum state is invariably defined with respect to a preferred set of pointer…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Chirag Srivastava , Sreetama Das , Ujjwal Sen

It is known that quantum computers yield a speed-up for certain discrete problems. Here we want to know whether quantum computers are useful for continuous problems. We study the computation of the integral of functions from the classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-16 Erich Novak

An overarching milestone of quantum machine learning (QML) is to demonstrate the advantage of QML over all possible classical learning methods in accelerating a common type of learning task as represented by supervised learning with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-07 Hayata Yamasaki , Natsuto Isogai , Mio Murao

We perform logical and physical resource estimation for computing binary elliptic curve discrete logarithms using Shor's algorithm on fault-tolerant quantum computers. We adopt a windowed approach to design our circuit implementation of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-01 Michael Garn , Angus Kan

We report on the current state of factoring integers on both digital and analog quantum computers. For digital quantum computers, we study the effect of errors for which one can formally prove that Shor's factoring algorithm fails. For…