Tight bounds on quantum searching

Tight bounds on quantum searching

10 May 1996 | Michel Boyer, Gilles Brassard, Peter Hoyer, Alain Tapp
The paper provides a detailed analysis of Grover's quantum search algorithm, offering a closed-form formula for the probability of success after a given number of iterations. This allows for determining the number of iterations needed to achieve high confidence in finding the solution. The authors also analyze the algorithm's behavior when the target element appears multiple times and present an algorithm to find such elements even if the number of solutions is unknown. They introduce a new technique for approximate quantum counting, combining ideas from Shor's quantum factoring algorithm with Grover's approach. Additionally, they provide a lower bound on the efficiency of any quantum database search algorithm, showing that Grover's algorithm is nearly optimal in terms of the number of table lookups required. The paper includes implementation considerations and an improved lower bound on the number of table lookups, demonstrating that Grover's algorithm is within a factor of 2 of being optimal.The paper provides a detailed analysis of Grover's quantum search algorithm, offering a closed-form formula for the probability of success after a given number of iterations. This allows for determining the number of iterations needed to achieve high confidence in finding the solution. The authors also analyze the algorithm's behavior when the target element appears multiple times and present an algorithm to find such elements even if the number of solutions is unknown. They introduce a new technique for approximate quantum counting, combining ideas from Shor's quantum factoring algorithm with Grover's approach. Additionally, they provide a lower bound on the efficiency of any quantum database search algorithm, showing that Grover's algorithm is nearly optimal in terms of the number of table lookups required. The paper includes implementation considerations and an improved lower bound on the number of table lookups, demonstrating that Grover's algorithm is within a factor of 2 of being optimal.
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