Quantum circuit complexity

  • Andrew Chi Chih Yao

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Abstract

We propose a complexity model of quantum circuits analogous to the standard (acyclic) Boolean circuit model. It is shown that any function computable in polynomial time by a quantum Turing machine has a polynomial-size quantum circuit. This result also enables us to construct a universal quantum computer which can simulate, with a polynomial factor slowdown, a broader class of quantum machines than that considered by Bernstein and Vazirani [BV93], thus answering an open question raised in [BV93]. We also develop a theory of quantum communication complexity, and use it as a tool to prove that the majority function does not have a linear-size quantum formula.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAnnual Symposium on Foundatons of Computer Science (Proceedings)
Editors Anon
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages352-361
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)0818643706
StatePublished - 1993
EventProceedings of the 34th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science - Palo Alto, CA, USA
Duration: 3 Nov 19935 Nov 1993

Publication series

NameAnnual Symposium on Foundatons of Computer Science (Proceedings)
ISSN (Print)0272-5428

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 34th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science
CityPalo Alto, CA, USA
Period3/11/935/11/93

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