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While quantum computing provides an exponential advantage in solving system of linear equations, there is little work to solve system of nonlinear equations with quantum computing. We propose quantum Newton's method (QNM) for solving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Cheng Xue , Yu-Chun Wu , Guo-Ping Guo

We study the practical performance of quantum-inspired algorithms for recommendation systems and linear systems of equations. These algorithms were shown to have an exponential asymptotic speedup compared to previously known classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 Juan Miguel Arrazola , Alain Delgado , Bhaskar Roy Bardhan , Seth Lloyd

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 computing promises transformational gains for solving some problems, but little to none for others. For anyone hoping to use quantum computers now or in the future, it is important to know which problems will benefit. In this paper,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Sukwoong Choi , William S. Moses , Neil Thompson

We investigate quantum algorithms for classification, a fundamental problem in machine learning, with provable guarantees. Given $n$ $d$-dimensional data points, the state-of-the-art (and optimal) classical algorithm for training…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-28 Tongyang Li , Shouvanik Chakrabarti , Xiaodi Wu

This paper initiates the study of quantum algorithms for matroid property problems. It is shown that quadratic quantum speedup is possible for the calculation problem of finding the girth or the number of circuits (bases, flats,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-28 Xiaowei Huang , Jingquan Luo , Lvzhou Li

Chemistry and materials science are widely regarded as potential killer application fields for quantum hardware. While the dream of unlocking unprecedented simulation capabilities remains compelling, quantum algorithm development must adapt…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Davide Castaldo , Markus Reiher

In general, a quantum circuit is constructed with elementary gates, such as one-qubit gates and CNOT gates. It is possible, however, to speed up the execution time of a given circuit by merging those elementary gates together into larger…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mikio Nakahara , Yasushi Kondo , Kazuya Hata , Shogo Tanimura

We review Grover's algorithm by means of a detailed geometrical interpretation and a worked out example. Some basic concepts of Quantum Mechanics and quantum circuits are also reviewed. This work is intended for non-specialists which have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Lavor , L. R. U. Manssur , R. Portugal

Precise rules are developed in order to formalize the reasoning processes involved in standard non-relativistic quantum mechanics, with the help of analogies from classical physics. A classical or quantum description of a mechanical system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert B. Griffiths

Optimizing objective functions stands to benefit significantly from leveraging quantum computers, promising enhanced solution quality across various application domains in the future. However, harnessing the potential of quantum solvers…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Deborah Volpe , Nils Quetschlich , Mariagrazia Graziano , Giovanna Turvani , Robert Wille

We study from a theoretical viewpoint the fundamental problem of efficiently computing the stationary distribution of general classes of structured Markov processes. In strong contrast with previous work, we consider this fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Vasileios Kalantzis , Mark S. Squillante , Shashanka Ubaru

Quantum computing can enable a variety of breakthroughs in research and industry in the future. Although some quantum algorithms already exist that show a theoretical speedup compared to the best known classical algorithms, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-14 Marie Salm , Johanna Barzen , Uwe Breitenbücher , Frank Leymann , Benjamin Weder , Karoline Wild

We propose a new finding $k$-minima algorithm and prove that its query complexity is $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{kN})$, where $N$ is the number of data indices. Though the complexity is equivalent to that of an existing method, the proposed is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-09 Kohei Miyamoto , Masakazu Iwamura , Koichi Kise

The operations of data set, such as intersection, union and complement, are the fundamental calculation in mathematics. It's very significant that designing fast algorithm for set operation. In this paper, the quantum algorithm for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-11 Chao-Yang Pang , Cong-Bao Ding , Ben-Qiong Hu

The hardness to solve an unstructured quantum search problem by a standard quantum search algorithm mainly originates from the low efficiency to amplify the amplitude of the marked state by the oracle unitary operation associated with other…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Xijia Miao

We consider two combinatorial problems. The first we call "search with wildcards": given an unknown n-bit string x, and the ability to check whether any subset of the bits of x is equal to a provided query string, the goal is to output x.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-16 Andris Ambainis , Ashley Montanaro

Quantum walks, being the quantum analogue of classical random walks, are expected to provide a fruitful source of quantum algorithms. A few such algorithms have already been developed, including the `glued trees' algorithm, which provides…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-29 B. L. Douglas , J. B. Wang

Quantum algorithms offer significant speedups over their classical counterparts for a variety of problems. The strongest arguments for this advantage are borne by algorithms for quantum search, quantum phase estimation, and Hamiltonian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 John M. Martyn , Zane M. Rossi , Andrew K. Tan , Isaac L. Chuang

While quantum computers promise to solve some scientifically and commercially valuable problems thought intractable for classical machines, delivering on this promise will require a large-scale quantum machine. Understanding the impact of…