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We introduce a quantum cloning game in which $k$ separate collaborative parties receive a classical input, determining which of them has to share a maximally entangled state with an additional party (referee). We provide the optimal winning…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Llorenç Escolà-Farràs , Léo Colisson Palais , Florian Speelman

Quantum game theory is a recently developing field of physical research. In this paper, we investigate quantum games in a systematic way. With the famous instance of the Prisoner's Dilemma, we present the fascinating properties of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiangfeng Du , Xiaodong Xu , Hui Li , Xianyi Zhou , Rongdian Han

Quantum game theory offers a lot of interesting questions, and it is relevant to use the quantum information theory to resolve or improve games with lack of information : how to use the power of quantum entanglement to show the superiority…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sylvain Gravier , Philippe Jorrand , Mehdi Mhalla , Charles Payan

In a seminal paper, Meyer [David Meyer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1052 (1999)] described the advantages of quantum game theory by looking at the classical penny flip game. A player using a quantum strategy can win against a classical player…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-29 Namit Anand , Colin Benjamin

We consider a quantum version of a well-known statistical decision problem, whose solution is, at first sight, counter-intuitive to many. In the quantum version a continuum of possible choices (rather than a finite set) has to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. M. D'Ariano , R. D. Gill , M. Keyl , B. Kuemmerer , H. Maassen , R. F. Werner

We close the gap in the proof (published by Chen and Lin) of formulas for the minimum number of questions required in the expected case for Mastermind and its variant called AB game, where both games are played with two pegs and $n$ colors.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Marcin Peczarski

In this paper, we consider the secret-string-learning problem in the teacher-student setting: the teacher has a secret string $s\in {{\{0,1\}}^{n}}$, and the student wants to learn the secret $s$ by question-answer interactions with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Yongzhen Xu , Shihao Zhang , Lvzhou Li

Quantum game theory is the study of strategic behavior by agents with access to quantum technology. Broadly speaking, this technology can be employed in either of two ways: As part of a randomization device or as part of a communications…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-31 Steven E. Landsburg

Quantum computation represents a computational paradigm whose distinctive attributes confer the ability to devise algorithms with asymptotic performance levels significantly superior to those achievable via classical computation. Recent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Domenico Cantone , Simone Faro , Arianna Pavone , Caterina Viola

The problem of quantum state classification asks how accurately one can identify an unknown quantum state that is promised to be drawn from a known set of pure states. In this work, we introduce the notion of $k$-learnability, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Nathaniel Johnston , Benjamin Lovitz , Vincent Russo , Jamie Sikora

Game theory is the mathematical framework for analyzing strategic interactions in conflict and competition situations. In recent years quantum game theory has earned the attention of physicists, and has emerged as a branch of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Puya Sharif , Hoshang Heydari

With quantum computers of significant size now on the horizon, we should understand how to best exploit their initially limited abilities. To this end, we aim to identify a practical problem that is beyond the reach of current classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Andrew M. Childs , Dmitri Maslov , Yunseong Nam , Neil J. Ross , Yuan Su

Quantum Computing (QC) is often challenging for beginners due to its abstract concepts and mathematical foundations. This paper explores the use of gamification to support the learning of introductory QC concepts. To investigate this,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Bella Hill , Miguel Morales-Trujillo

We initiate the study of quantum races, games where two or more quantum computers compete to solve a computational problem. While the problem of dueling algorithms has been studied for classical deterministic algorithms, the quantum case…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-28 Troy Lee , Maharshi Ray , Miklos Santha

Recently the concept of quantum information has been introduced into game theory. Here we present the first study of quantum games with more than two players. We discover that such games can possess a new form of equilibrium strategy, one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Simon C. Benjamin , Patrick M. Hayden

This work, based on the author's MA thesis, concentrates on simultaneous move quantum games of two players. A numerical algorithm based on the method of best response functions, designed to search for pure strategy Nash equilibrium in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-07 Y. Avishai

We present a perspective on quantum games that focuses on the physical aspects of the quantities that are used to implement a game. If a game is to be played, it has to be played with objects and actions that have some physical existence.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-23 Simon J. D. Phoenix , Faisal Shah Khan

We investigate a multi-player and multi-choice quantum game. We start from two-player and two-choice game and the result is better than its classical version. Then we extend it to N-player and N-choice cases. In the quantum domain, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Jiangfeng Du , Hui Li , Xiaodong Xu , Xianyi Zhou , Rongdian Han

Machines are possible to have some artificial intelligence like human beings owing to particular algorithms or software. Such machines could learn knowledge from what people taught them and do works according to the knowledge. In practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-16 Li Zhaokai , Liu Xiaomei , Xu Nanyang , Du jiangfeng

Quantum phenomena have remained largely inaccessible to the general public. This can be attributed to the fact that we do not experience quantum mechanics on a tangible level in our daily lives. Games can provide an environment in which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-12 Christopher Cantwell