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View SchemaQuantum Computer Can Not Speed Up Iterated Applications of a Black Box
| Authors | Yuri Ozhigov |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9712051 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9712051 |
Abstract
Let a classical algorithm be determined by sequential applications of a black box performing one step of this algorithm. If we consider this black box as an oracle which gives a value F(a) for any query a, we can compute T sequential applications of F on a classical computer relative to this oracle in time T. It is proved that if T=O(2^{n/7}), where n is the length of input, then the result of T sequential applications of F can not be computed on quantum computer with oracle for F for all possible F faster than in time \Omega (T). This means that there is no general method of quantum speeding up of classical algorithms provided in such a general method a classical algorithm is regarded as iterated applications of a given black box. For an arbitrary time complexity T a lower bound for the time of quantum simulation was found to be \Omega (T^{1/2}).
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"title": "Quantum Computer Can Not Speed Up Iterated Applications of a Black Box",
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