0403071v1

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Improved Bounds for the Approximate QFT

Donny Cheung

abstract: It has previously been established that the logarithmic-depth approximate quantum Fourier transform (AQFT) provides a suitable replacement for the regular QFT in many quantum algorithms. Since the AQFT is less accurate by definition, polynomially many more applications of the AQFT are required to achieve the original accuracy. However, in many quantum algorithms, the smaller size of the AQFT circuit yields a net improvement over using the QFT. This paper presents a more thorough analysis of the AQFT circuit, which leads to the surprising conclusion that for sufficiently large input sizes, the difference between the QFT and the logarithmic-depth AQFT is negligible. In effect, the AQFT can be used as an direct replacement for the QFT, yielding improvements in any application which does not require exact quantum computation.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0403071
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
6 pages, 3 figures
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0403071
journal_ref:
Proc. of the Winter Intl Symposium of Information and Communication Technologies (WISICT 2004), pp. 192-197
created:
2004-03-09

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