A Number Theoretic Interpolation Between Quantum and Classical Complexity Classes

dc.creatorRojas, J. Maurice
dc.date2006-04-12
dc.date2006-04-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:11:51Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:11:51Z
dc.descriptionWe reveal a natural algebraic problem whose complexity appears to interpolate between the well-known complexity classes BQP and NP: (*) Decide whether a univariate polynomial with exactly m monomial terms has a p-adic rational root. In particular, we show that while (*) is doable in quantum randomized polynomial time when m=2 (and no classical randomized polynomial time algorithm is known), (*) is nearly NP-hard for general m: Under a plausible hypothesis involving primes in arithmetic progression (implied by the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis for certain cyclotomic fields), a randomized polynomial time algorithm for (*) would imply the widely disbelieved inclusion NP \subseteq BPP. This type of quantum/classical interpolation phenomenon appears to new.
dc.description14 pages, no figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604089
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604089
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/111916
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.titleA Number Theoretic Interpolation Between Quantum and Classical Complexity Classes
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