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Speedup in quantum computation is associated with attenuation of processing probability

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Quantum coherence allows the computation of an arbitrary number of distinct computational paths in parallel. Based on quantum parallelism it has been conjectured that exponential or even larger speedups of computations are possible. Here it is shown that, although in principle correct, any speedup is accompanied by an associated attenuation of detection rates. Thus, on the average, no effective speedup is obtained relative to classical (nondeterministic) devices.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9412046,
  title  = {Speedup in quantum computation is associated with attenuation of processing probability},
  author = {K. Svozil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9412046},
  year   = {2007}
}

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