arXiv · 2409.00239
Quantum algorithms for hypergraph simplex finding
Abstract
We study the quantum query algorithms for simplex finding, a generalization of triangle finding to hypergraphs. This problem satisfies a rank-reduction property: a quantum query algorithm for finding simplices in rank-$r$ hypergraphs can be turned into a faster algorithm for finding simplices in rank-$(r-1)$ hypergraphs. We then show that every nested Johnson graph quantum walk (with any constant number of nested levels) can be converted into an adaptive learning graph. Then, we introduce the concept of $\alpha$-symmetric learning graphs, which is a useful framework for designing and analyzing complex quantum search algorithms. Inspired by the work of Le Gall, Nishimura, and Tani (2016) on $3$-simplex finding, we use our new technique to obtain an algorithm for $4$-simplex finding in rank-$4$ hypergraphs with $O(n^{2.46})$ quantum query cost, improving the trivial $O(n^{2.5})$ algorithm.
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Zhiying Yu, Shalev Ben-David. 2024-08-30. Quantum algorithms for hypergraph simplex finding. https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00239
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