Exact Quantum Algorithms for Composed Boolean Functions
Gagan Chiruvella, Chandrima Kayal, Rajat Mittal, Manaswi Paraashar, Nitin Saurabh
原文摘要
We study exact quantum algorithms for block compositions of total Boolean functions. For an outer function $f$ of degree $D$ and an inner function $g$ on $m$ bits, we prove $$ Q_E(f\circ g)=O\!\left(mD+Q_E(f)Q_{1/(4D)}(g)\right). $$ The algorithm combines approximate inner evaluations with a finite exact correction. Its two costs are governed by different parameters of the outer function: exact query complexity determines the cost of simulation, whereas polynomial degree determines the number of inner blocks used in the correction. We first establish the construction with an arity-dependent error threshold and then obtain the degree-dependent threshold above. For recursive ternary not-all-equal, this gives an exact algorithm using $(3/\sqrt2)^{k(1+o(1))}$ queries asymptotically. More generally, for every fixed nonconstant total gadget $h$, we determine the exact recursive rate as $\max\{\textrm{deg}(h),\operatorname{Adv}^{\pm}(h)\}$ and prove $Q_E(h^{\circ k})=\widetilde O_h(R(h^{\circ k})^2)$. The composition limit also allows to transfer separations from $Q_{\varepsilon}$ and $°$ to exact quantum query complexity $Q_E$ (similar to fractional block sensitivity to block sensitivity transfer in Tal and Kulkarni 2016, Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer Science). We construct a family with $s=\operatorname{bs}=\operatorname{fbs}\ge Q_E^{3/2-o(1)}$, improving the previous exponent $1.1527\ldots$. A second construction gives $R \ge Q_E^{2-o(1)}$, improving the previous exponent $3/2$. We also allow different inner functions and give analogous quantitative separations in quantum communication.
cs.CC · quant-ph