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We present a quantum algorithm which identifies with certainty a hidden subgroup of an arbitrary finite group G in only a polynomial (in log |G|) number of calls to the oracle. This is exponentially better than the best classical algorithm.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-30 Mark Ettinger , Peter Hoyer , Emanuel Knill

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) attempts to find cryptographic protocols resistant to attacks using for instance Shor's polynomial time algorithm for numerical field problems like integer factorization (IFP) or the discrete logarithm (DLP).…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Pedro Hecht

We show in some detail how to implement Shor's efficient quantum algorithm for discrete logarithms for the particular case of elliptic curve groups. It turns out that for this problem a smaller quantum computer can solve problems further…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Proos , Christof Zalka

The discrete logarithm problem (DLP) generalizes to the constrained DLP, where the secret exponent $x$ belongs to a set known to the attacker. The complexity of generic algorithms for solving the constrained DLP depends on the choice of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Ilya Mironov , Anton Mityagin , Kobbi Nissim

The complexity of the following numerical problem is studied in the quantum model of computation: Consider a general elliptic partial differential equation of order 2m in a smooth, bounded domain Q\subset \R^d with smooth coefficients and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Heinrich

We present a quantum algorithm for solving the finite-horizon discrete-time Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control problem, which integrates optimal control and state estimation in the presence of stochastic disturbances and noise.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Nahid Binandeh Dehaghani , Rafal Wisniewski , A. Pedro Aguiar

We design and implement a quantum combinatorial reasoning framework for large language models (QCR-LLM), integrating a real quantum computer in the hybrid workflow. QCR-LLM reformulates reasoning aggregation as a higher-order unconstrained…

We show that the classical discrete logarithm problem over prime fields can be reduced to that of solving a system of linear modular equations.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-08-26 H. Gopalakrishna Gadiyar , R. Padma

Quantum machine learning (QML) presents potential for early industrial adoption, yet limited access to quantum hardware remains a significant bottleneck for deployment of QML solutions. This work explores the use of classical surrogates to…

We propose a new approach to utilize quantum computers for binary linear programming (BLP), which can be extended to general integer linear programs (ILP). Quantum optimization algorithms, hybrid or quantum-only, are currently general…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-13 András Czégel , Boglárka G. -Tóth

Estimating expectation values is a key subroutine in quantum algorithms. Near-term implementations face two major challenges: a limited number of samples required to learn a large collection of observables, and the accumulation of errors in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-18 Andrew Zhao , Akimasa Miyake

This paper introduces a novel cryptographic approach based on the continuous logarithm in the complex circle, designed to address the challenges posed by quantum computing. By leveraging its multi-valued and spectral properties, this…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Jaafar Gaber

Eker{\aa} and H{\aa}stad have introduced a variation of Shor's algorithm for the discrete logarithm problem (DLP). Unlike Shor's original algorithm, Eker{\aa}-H{\aa}stad's algorithm solves the short DLP in groups of unknown order. In this…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Martin Ekerå

Quantum graphical models (QGMs) extend the classical framework for reasoning about uncertainty by incorporating the quantum mechanical view of probability. Prior work on QGMs has focused on hidden quantum Markov models (HQMMs), which can be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-03-13 Sandesh Adhikary , Siddarth Srinivasan , Byron Boots

In this paper, we study the discrete logarithm problem in the finite fields $\F_{q^n}$ where $n|q-1$. The field is called a Kummer field or a Kummer extension of $\F_q$. It plays an important role in improving the AKS primality proving…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Qi Cheng

Finding low-weight multiples of a binary polynomial is a difficult problem arising in the context of stream ciphers cryptanalysis. The classical algorithm to solve this problem is based on a time memory trade-off. We will present an…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2007-07-12 Frédéric Didier , Yann Laigle-Chapuy

We provide an $\Omega(log(n))$ lower bound for the depth of any quantum circuit generating the unique groundstate of Kitaev's spherical code. No circuit-depth lower bound was known before on this code in the general case where the gates can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Dorit Aharonov , Yonathan Touati

We describe a general technique that yields the first {\em Statistical Query lower bounds} for a range of fundamental high-dimensional learning problems involving Gaussian distributions. Our main results are for the problems of (1) learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-05-18 Ilias Diakonikolas , Daniel M. Kane , Alistair Stewart

The Quantum Oracle Classification (QOC) problem is to classify a function, given only quantum black box access, into one of several classes without necessarily determining the entire function. Generally, QOC captures a very wide range of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2015-10-29 Mark Zhandry

We heuristically show that Shor's algorithm for computing general discrete logarithms achieves an expected success probability of approximately 60% to 82% in a single run when modified to enable efficient implementation with the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Martin Ekerå