arXiv · 2503.04016
Quantum walk search on a two-dimensional grid with extra edges
Abstract
Quantum walk has been successfully used to search for targets on graphs with vertices identified as the elements of a database. This spacial search on a two-dimensional periodic grid takes $\mathcal{O}\left(\sqrt{N\log N}\right)$ oracle consultations to find a target vertex from $N$ number of vertices with $\mathcal{O}(1)$ success probability, while reaching optimal speed of $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{N})$ on $d \geq 3$ dimensional square lattice. Our numerical analysis based on lackadaisical quantum walks searches $M$ vertices on a 2-dimensional grid with optimal speed of $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{N/M})$, provided the grid is attached with additional long range edges. Based on the numerical analysis performed with multiple sets of randomly generated targets for a wide range of $N$ and $M$ we suggest that the optimal time complexity of $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{N/M})$ with constant success probability can be achieved for quantum search on a two-dimensional periodic grid with long-range edges.
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Pulak Ranjan Giri. 2025-03-06. Quantum walk search on a two-dimensional grid with extra edges. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-023-05369-x
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