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The two-way finite automaton with quantum and classical states (2QCFA), defined by Ambainis and Watrous, is a model of quantum computation whose quantum part is extremely limited; however, as they showed, 2QCFA are surprisingly powerful: a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Zachary Remscrim

We present new results on realtime alternating, private alternating, and quantum alternating automaton models. Firstly, we show that the emptiness problem for alternating one-counter automata on unary alphabets is undecidable. Then, we…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Gökalp Demirci , Mika Hirvensalo , Klaus Reinhardt , A. C. Cem Say , Abuzer Yakaryılmaz

In this note, we generalize the results of arXiv:0901.2703v1 We show that all one-way quantum finite automaton (QFA) models that are at least as general as Kondacs-Watrous QFA's are equivalent in power to classical probabilistic finite…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2010-09-20 Abuzer Yakaryilmaz , A. C. Cem Say

One of the properties of Kondacs-Watrous model of quantum finite automata (QFA) is that the probability of the correct answer for a QFA cannot be amplified arbitrarily. In this paper, we determine the maximum probabilities achieved by QFAs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andris Ambainis , Arnolds Kikusts

Quantum finite automata derive their strength by exploiting interference in complex valued probability amplitudes. Of particular interest is the 2-way model of Ambainis and Watrous that has both quantum and classical states (2QCFA) [A.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. V. Panduranga Rao , V. Vinay

Stochastic languages are the languages recognized by probabilistic finite automata (PFAs) with cutpoint over the field of real numbers. More general computational models over the same field such as generalized finite automata (GFAs) and…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2014-12-23 Arseny M. Shur , Abuzer Yakaryilmaz

We prove the following facts about the language recognition power of quantum Turing machines (QTMs) in the unbounded error setting: QTMs are strictly more powerful than probabilistic Turing machines for any common space bound $ s $…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-01-29 Abuzer Yakaryilmaz , A. C. Cem Say

We realize constant-space quantum computation by measure-many two-way quantum finite automata and evaluate their language recognition power by analyzing patterns of their exotic behaviors and by exploring their structural properties. In…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-29 Tomoyuki Yamakami

We study the recognition of R-trivial idempotent (R1) languages by various models of "decide-and-halt" quantum finite automata (QFA) and probabilistic reversible automata (DH-PRA). We introduce bistochastic QFA (MM-BQFA), a model which…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-07 Marats Golovkins , Maksim Kravtsev , Vasilijs Kravcevs

To study quantum computation, it might be helpful to generalize structures from language and automata theory to the quantum case. To that end, we propose quantum versions of finite-state and push-down automata, and regular and context-free…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 Cristopher Moore , James P. Crutchfield

In this paper, we focus on determining the equivalence for {\it 1-way quantum finite automata with control language} (CL-1QFAs) defined by Bertoni et al and {\it measure-many 1-way quantum finite automata} (MM-1QFAs) introduced by Kondacs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lvzhou Li , Daowen Qiu

We define a quantum computational model over infinite words, called Measure-Many Quantum B\"uchi Automata (MMQBA), which extends Measure-many Quantum Finite automata (MMQFA) to the infinite word setting with B\"uchi acceptance condition. In…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Abhisek Midya , A Baskar

We investigate the (non)-existence of universal automata for some classes of automata, such as finite automata and pushdown automata, and in particular the influence of the representation and encoding function. An alternative approach,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2012-08-01 Manfred Kudlek

Parallel communicating systems of pushdown automata (PCPA) were introduced in (Csuhaj-Varj{\'u} et. al. 2000) and in their centralized variants shown to be able to simulate nondeterministic one-way multi-head pushdown automata. A claimed…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2014-08-07 Holger Petersen

The study of quantum finite automata (QFAs) is one of the possible approaches in exploring quantum computers with finite memory. Despite being one of the most restricted models, Moore-Crutchfield quantum finite automaton (MCQFA) is proven…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-13 Özlem Salehi , Abuzer Yakaryılmaz

In this paper, we introduce classically time-controlled quantum automata or CTQA, which is a reasonable modification of Moore-Crutchfield quantum finite automata that uses time-dependent evolution and a "scheduler" defining how long each…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Alejandro Díaz-Caro , Marcos Villagra

Quantitative automata model beyond-boolean aspects of systems: every execution is mapped to a real number by incorporating weighted transitions and value functions that generalize acceptance conditions of boolean $\omega$-automata. Despite…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Marek Chalupa , Thomas A. Henzinger , Nicolas Mazzocchi , N. Ege Saraç

Some of the most interesting and important results concerning quantum finite automata are those showing that they can recognize certain languages with (much) less resources than corresponding classical finite automata…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Shenggen Zheng , Jozef Gruska , Daowen Qiu

To study relationship between quantum finite automata and probabilistic finite automata, we introduce a notion of probabilistic reversible automata (PRA, or doubly stochastic automata). We find that there is a strong relationship between…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Marats Golovkins , Maksim Kravtsev

We introduce 2-way finite automata with quantum and classical states (2qcfa's). This is a variant on the 2-way quantum finite automata (2qfa) model which may be simpler to implement than unrestricted 2qfa's; the internal state of a 2qcfa…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Andris Ambainis , John Watrous