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We develop a novel method for measuring the similarity between complete weighted graphs, which are probed by means of discrete-time quantum walks. Directly probing complete graphs using discrete-time quantum walks is intractable due to the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-01 Lu Bai , Luca Rossi , Lixin Cui , Jian Cheng , Edwin R. Hancock

Continuous-time quantum walks (CTQWs) on static graphs provide efficient methods for search and sampling as well as a model for universal quantum computation. We consider an extension of CTQWs to the case of dynamic graphs, in which an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-17 Rebekah Herrman , Travis Humble

A quantum computing algorithm for rhythm generation is presented, which aims to expand and explore quantum computing applications in the arts, particularly in music. The algorithm maps quantum random walk trajectories onto a rhythmspace --…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 María Aguado-Yáñez , Karl Jansen , Daniel Gómez-Marín , Sergi Jordà

We show that with the addition of multiple walkers, quantum walks on a line can be transformed into lattice graphs of higher dimension. Thus, multi-walker walks can simulate single-walker walks on higher dimensional graphs and vice versa.…

With the increasing crossover between quantum information and machine learning, quantum simulation of neural networks has drawn unprecedentedly strong attention, especially for the simulation of associative memory in Hopfield neural…

Many classical randomized algorithms (e.g., approximation algorithms for #P-complete problems) utilize the following random walk algorithm for {\em almost uniform sampling} from a state space $S$ of cardinality $N$: run a symmetric ergodic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter C. Richter

To treat a problem with a Quantum Processing Unit (QPU), it must be transformed into a sequence of quantum operations, or gates: this is the quantum description of the problem. These operations are either packed into a query (i.e. quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 Robin Ollive , Stéphane Louise

Quantum walks provide a framework for understanding and designing quantum algorithms that is both intuitive and universal. To leverage the computational power of these walks, it is important to be able to programmably modify the graph a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Aaron W. Young , William J. Eckner , Nathan Schine , Andrew M. Childs , Adam M. Kaufman

We present an algorithm to simulate the many-body depletion interaction between anisotropic colloids in an implicit way, integrating out the degrees of freedom of the depletants, which we treat as an ideal gas. Because the depletant…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-08-31 Jens Glaser , Andrew S. Karas , Sharon C. Glotzer

We present a novel Adaptive Distribution Generator that leverages a quantum walks-based approach to generate high precision and efficiency of target probability distributions. Our method integrates variational quantum circuits with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Yen-Jui Chang , Wei-Ting Wang , Chen-Yu Liu , Yun-Yuan Wang , Ching-Ray Chang

We address the problem of simulating pair-interaction Hamiltonians in n node quantum networks where the subsystems have arbitrary, possibly different, dimensions. We show that any pair-interaction can be used to simulate any other by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-27 Pawel Wocjan , Martin Roetteler , Dominik Janzing , Thomas Beth

Motivated by the immense success of random walk and Markov chain methods in the design of classical algorithms, we consider_quantum_ walks on graphs. We analyse in detail the behaviour of unbiased quantum walk on the line, with the example…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ashwin Nayak , Ashvin Vishwanath

The theory of random walks on finite graphs is well developed with numerous applications. In quantum walks, the propagation is governed by quantum mechanical rules; generalizing random walks to the quantum setting. They have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Avah Banerjee

We construct a decomposition procedure for converting split-step quantum walks into ordinary quantum walks with alternating coins, and we show that this decomposition enables a feasible linear optical realization of split-step quantum walks…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Wei-Wei Zhang , Sandeep K. Goyal , Christoph Simon , Barry C. Sanders

The behaviors of one-dimensional quantum random walks are strikingly different from those of classical ones. However, when decoherence is involved, the limiting distributions take on many classical features over time. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kai Zhang

This paper introduces in detail a non-variational quantum algorithm designed to solve a wide range of combinatorial optimisation problems, including constrained problems and problems with non-binary variables. The algorithm returns optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-14 Tavis Bennett , Lyle Noakes , Jingbo B. Wang

This paper examines a way to simplify the circuit of quantum random walk search algorithm, when the traversing coin is constructed by both generalized Householder reflection and an additional phase multiplier. If an appropriate relation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-28 Hristo Tonchev , Petar Danev

We propose an efficient quantum algorithm for simulating the dynamics of general Hamiltonian systems. Our technique is based on a power series expansion of the time-evolution operator in its off-diagonal terms. The expansion decouples the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-22 Amir Kalev , Itay Hen

Efficiently calculating the low-lying eigenvalues of Hamiltonians, written as sums of Pauli operators, is a fundamental challenge in quantum computing. While various methods have been proposed to reduce the complexity of quantum circuits…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-08 Abhinav Anand , Kenneth R. Brown

In this work we propose an approach for implementing time-evolution of a quantum system using product formulas. The quantum algorithms we develop have provably better scaling (in terms of gate complexity and circuit depth) than a naive…