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We discuss the quantum search algorithm using complex queries that has recently been published by Grover (quant-ph/9706005). We recall the algorithm adding some details showing which complex query has to be evaluated. Based on this version…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Grassl , Thomas Beth

Quantum computing comes with the potential to push computational boundaries in various domains including, e.g., cryptography, simulation, optimization, and machine learning. Exploiting the principles of quantum mechanics, new algorithms can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Julian Berberich , Robert L. Kosut , Thomas Schulte-Herbrüggen

The (negative-weighted) quantum adversary bound is a tight characterisation of the quantum query complexity for any partial function. We analyse the extent to which this bound can be generalised. Ambainis et al. [arXiv:1012.2112] and Lee et…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-28 Aleksandrs Belovs

Quantum algorithms for graph problems are considered, both in the adjacency matrix model and in an adjacency list-like array model. We give almost tight lower and upper bounds for the bounded error quantum query complexity of Connectivity,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-30 Christoph Durr , Mark Heiligman , Peter Hoyer , Mehdi Mhalla

We prove a very general lower bound technique for quantum and randomized query complexity, that is easy to prove as well as to apply. To achieve this, we introduce the use of Kolmogorov complexity to query complexity. Our technique…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sophie Laplante , Frederic Magniez

The quantum adversary method is one of the most versatile lower-bound methods for quantum algorithms. We show that all known variants of this method are equivalent: spectral adversary (Barnum, Saks, and Szegedy, 2003), weighted adversary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert Spalek , Mario Szegedy

We investigate query-to-communication lifting theorems for models related to the quantum adversary bounds. Our results are as follows: 1. We show that the classical adversary bound lifts to a lower bound on randomized communication…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Anurag Anshu , Shalev Ben-David , Srijita Kundu

Demonstrating quantum advantage has been a pressing challenge in the field. Most claimed quantum speedups rely on a subroutine in which classical information can be accessed in a coherent quantum manner, which imposes a crucial constraint…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Nhat A. Nghiem

The polynomial method by Beals, Buhrman, Cleve, Mosca, and de Wolf (FOCS 1998, J. ACM 2001), the adversary method by Ambainis (STOC 2000, J. Comput. Syst. Sci. 2002), and the compressed oracle method by Zhandry (CRYPTO 2019) have been shown…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Qisheng Wang , Zhicheng Zhang

We present a new method for proving lower bounds on quantum query algorithms. The new method is an extension of adversary method, by analyzing the eigenspace structure of the problem. Using the new method, we prove a strong direct product…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andris Ambainis

Quantum-inspired classical algorithms provide us with a new way to understand the computational power of quantum computers for practically-relevant problems, especially in machine learning. In the past several years, numerous efficient…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-15 Nikhil S. Mande , Changpeng Shao

Quantum Computing is a new and exciting field at the intersection of mathematics, computer science and physics. It concerns a utilization of quantum mechanics to improve the efficiency of computation. Here we present a gentle introduction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-03 Noson S. Yanofsky

Scientists have demonstrated that quantum computing has presented novel approaches to address computational challenges, each varying in complexity. Adapting problem-solving strategies is crucial to harness the full potential of quantum…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Arash Vaezi , Ali Movaghar , Mohammad Ghodsi , Seyed Mohammad Hussein Kazemi , Negin Bagheri Noghrehy , Seyed Mohsen Kazemi

The rapid development of quantum computer hardware has laid the hardware foundation for the realization of QNN. Due to quantum properties, QNN shows higher storage capacity and computational efficiency compared to its classical…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Renxin Zhao , Shi Wang

This note complements the paper "One-Way Ticket to Las Vegas and the Quantum Adversary" (arxiv:2301.02003). I develop the ideas behind the adversary bound - universal algorithm duality therein in a different form, using the same perspective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-23 Duyal Yolcu

Quantum algorithms can be analyzed in a query model to compute Boolean functions where input is given in a black box, but the aim is to compute function value for arbitrary input using as few queries as possible. In this paper we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-24 Alina Dubrovska Vasilieva , Taisia Mischenko-Slatenkova

Generalizing earlier work characterizing the quantum query complexity of computing a function of an unknown classical ``black box'' function drawn from some set of such black box functions, we investigate a more general quantum query model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Howard N. Barnum

This paper overviews the basic principles and recent advances in the emerging field of Quantum Computation (QC), highlighting its potential application to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The paper provides a very brief introduction to basic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-24 Kyriakos N. Sgarbas

The anticipated applications of quantum computers span across science and industry, ranging from quantum chemistry and many-body physics to optimization, finance, and machine learning. Proposed quantum solutions in these areas typically…

Quantum computing is a fascinating interdisciplinary research field that promises to revolutionize computing by efficiently solving previously intractable problems. Recent years have seen tremendous progress on both the experimental…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Julian Berberich , Daniel Fink