arXiv · 1808.04448
Efficient Quantum Algorithms related to Autocorrelation Spectrum
Abstract
In this paper, we propose efficient probabilistic algorithms for several problems regarding the autocorrelation spectrum. First, we present a quantum algorithm that samples from the Walsh spectrum of any derivative of $f()$. Informally, the autocorrelation coefficient of a Boolean function $f()$ at some point $a$ measures the average correlation among the values $f(x)$ and $f(x \oplus a)$. The derivative of a Boolean function is an extension of autocorrelation to correlation among multiple values of $f()$. The Walsh spectrum is well-studied primarily due to its connection to the quantum circuit for the Deutsch-Jozsa problem. We extend the idea to "Higher-order Deutsch-Jozsa" quantum algorithm to obtain points corresponding to large absolute values in the Walsh spectrum of a certain derivative of $f()$. Further, we design an algorithm to sample the input points according to squares of the autocorrelation coefficients. Finally we provide a different set of algorithms for estimating the square of a particular coefficient or cumulative sum of their squares.
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Debajyoti Bera, Subhamoy Maitra, SAPV Tharrmashastha. 2018-08-10. Efficient Quantum Algorithms related to Autocorrelation Spectrum. https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.04448
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