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We obtain the strongest separation between quantum and classical query complexity known to date -- specifically, we define a black-box problem that requires exponentially many queries in the classical bounded-error case, but can be solved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Niel de Beaudrap , Richard Cleve , John Watrous

Ordered search is the task of finding an item in an ordered list using comparison queries. The best exact classical algorithm for this fundamental problem uses $\lceil \log_{2}{n}\rceil$ queries for a list of length $n$. Quantum computers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Joseph Carolan , Andrew M. Childs , Matt Kovacs-Deak , Luke Schaeffer

We explain the mechanism of the quantum speed-up - quantum algorithms requiring fewer computation steps than their classical equivalent - for a family of algorithms. Bob chooses a function and gives to Alice the black box that computes it.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Giuseppe Castagnoli

Programmable quantum devices provide a platform to control the coherent dynamics of quantum wavefunctions. Here we experimentally realize adaptive monitored quantum circuits, which incorporate conditional feedback into non-unitary…

Grover's algorithm constitutes the optimal quantum solution to the search problem and provides a quadratic speed-up over all possible classical search algorithms. Quantum interference between computational paths has been posited as a key…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-11 Ciarán M. Lee , John H. Selby

Quantum algorithms can deliver asymptotic speedups over their classical counterparts. However, there are few cases where a substantial quantum speedup has been worked out in detail for reasonably-sized problems, when compared with the best…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Earl Campbell , Ankur Khurana , Ashley Montanaro

Causal discovery algorithms allow for the inference of causal structures from probabilistic relations of random variables. A natural field for the application of this tool is quantum mechanics, where a long-standing debate about the role of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-19 R. Rossi

In this paper we consider the problem of testing whether two finite groups are isomorphic. Whereas the case where both groups are abelian is well understood and can be solved efficiently, very little is known about the complexity of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 François Le Gall

We present a novel benchmark application of a quantum algorithm to Feynman loop integrals. The two on-shell states of a Feynman propagator are identified with the two states of a qubit and a quantum algorithm is used to unfold the causal…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-06-01 Selomit Ramírez-Uribe , Andrés E. Rentería-Olivo , Germán Rodrigo , German F. R. Sborlini , Luiz Vale Silva

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of a recent debate over the quantum versus classical solvability of bounded distance decoding (BDD). Specifically, we review the work of Eldar and Hallgren [EH22], [Hal21] demonstrating a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-03-11 Richard Allen , Ratip Emin Berker , Sílvia Casacuberta , Michael Gul

A recent paper on quantum walks by Childs et al. [STOC'03] provides an example of a black-box problem for which there is a quantum algorithm with exponential speedup over the best classical randomized algorithm for the problem, but where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen A. Fenner , Yong Zhang

We propose a novel approach to qubit thermometry using a quantum switch, that introduces an indefinite causal order in the probe-bath interaction, to significantly enhance the thermometric precision. The resulting qubit probe shows improved…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-19 Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Manish K. Gupta , Arun Kumar Pati

This work demonstrates that the Deutsch algorithm can be effectively modelled using a two-level harmonic oscillator within the second quantization formalism. By adopting this framework, evolution operators are derived. We present a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Krzysztof Lider , Marek Góźdź

We present the first local problem that shows a super-constant separation between the classical randomized LOCAL model of distributed computing and its quantum counterpart. By prior work, such a separation was known only for an artificial…

We present classical and quantum algorithms based on spectral methods for a problem in tensor principal component analysis. The quantum algorithm achieves a quartic speedup while using exponentially smaller space than the fastest classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-04 M. B. Hastings

Quantum gate teleportation enables the implementation of nonlocal quantum operations without direct interactions between distant nodes. We propose an efficient protocol for implementing arbitrary controlled-unitary (CU) gates acting on two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Wen-Qiang Liu , Zi-Han Zheng , Zhang-Qi Yin , Hai-Rui Wei

Quantum computers can execute algorithms that dramatically outperform classical computation. As the best-known example, Shor discovered an efficient quantum algorithm for factoring integers, whereas factoring appears to be difficult for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-19 Andrew M. Childs , Wim van Dam

Quantum computers and quantum algorithms have made great strides in the last few years and promise improvements over classical computing for specific tasks. Although the current hardware is not yet ready to make real impacts at the time of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Nils Quetschlich , Tobias Forster , Adrian Osterwind , Domenik Helms , Robert Wille

Is there a general theorem that tells us when we can hope for exponential speedups from quantum algorithms, and when we cannot? In this paper, we make two advances toward such a theorem, in the black-box model where most quantum algorithms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-07 Scott Aaronson , Andris Ambainis

A switched quantum channel with indefinite causal order is studied for the fundamental metrological task of phase estimation on a qubit unitary operator affected by quantum thermal noise. Specific capabilities are reported in the switched…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-04 Francois Chapeau-Blondeau