Quantum Walks and Search Algorithms
The revised edition of this book offers an extended overview of quantum walks and explains their role in building quantum algorithms, in particular search algorithms.

Updated throughout, the book focuses on core topics including Grover's algorithm and the most important quantum walk models, such as the coined, continuous-time, and Szedgedy's quantum walk models. There is a new chapter describing the staggered quantum walk model. The chapter on spatial search algorithms has been rewritten to offer a more comprehensive approach and a new chapter describing the element distinctness algorithm has been added. There is a new appendix on graph theory highlighting the importance of graph theory to quantum walks.

As before, the reader will benefit from the pedagogical elements of the book, which include exercises and references to deepen the reader's understanding, and guidelines for the use of computer programs to simulate the evolution of quantum walks.

Review of the first edition:

“The book is nicely written, the concepts are introduced naturally, and many meaningful connections between them are highlighted. The author proposes a series of exercises that help the reader get some working experience with the presented concepts, facilitating a better understanding. Each chapter ends with a discussion of further references, pointing the reader to major results on the topics presented in the respective chapter.” - Florin Manea, zbMATH.

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Quantum Walks and Search Algorithms
The revised edition of this book offers an extended overview of quantum walks and explains their role in building quantum algorithms, in particular search algorithms.

Updated throughout, the book focuses on core topics including Grover's algorithm and the most important quantum walk models, such as the coined, continuous-time, and Szedgedy's quantum walk models. There is a new chapter describing the staggered quantum walk model. The chapter on spatial search algorithms has been rewritten to offer a more comprehensive approach and a new chapter describing the element distinctness algorithm has been added. There is a new appendix on graph theory highlighting the importance of graph theory to quantum walks.

As before, the reader will benefit from the pedagogical elements of the book, which include exercises and references to deepen the reader's understanding, and guidelines for the use of computer programs to simulate the evolution of quantum walks.

Review of the first edition:

“The book is nicely written, the concepts are introduced naturally, and many meaningful connections between them are highlighted. The author proposes a series of exercises that help the reader get some working experience with the presented concepts, facilitating a better understanding. Each chapter ends with a discussion of further references, pointing the reader to major results on the topics presented in the respective chapter.” - Florin Manea, zbMATH.

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Quantum Walks and Search Algorithms

Quantum Walks and Search Algorithms

by Renato Portugal
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The revised edition of this book offers an extended overview of quantum walks and explains their role in building quantum algorithms, in particular search algorithms.

Updated throughout, the book focuses on core topics including Grover's algorithm and the most important quantum walk models, such as the coined, continuous-time, and Szedgedy's quantum walk models. There is a new chapter describing the staggered quantum walk model. The chapter on spatial search algorithms has been rewritten to offer a more comprehensive approach and a new chapter describing the element distinctness algorithm has been added. There is a new appendix on graph theory highlighting the importance of graph theory to quantum walks.

As before, the reader will benefit from the pedagogical elements of the book, which include exercises and references to deepen the reader's understanding, and guidelines for the use of computer programs to simulate the evolution of quantum walks.

Review of the first edition:

“The book is nicely written, the concepts are introduced naturally, and many meaningful connections between them are highlighted. The author proposes a series of exercises that help the reader get some working experience with the presented concepts, facilitating a better understanding. Each chapter ends with a discussion of further references, pointing the reader to major results on the topics presented in the respective chapter.” - Florin Manea, zbMATH.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783030074074
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 01/18/2019
Series: Quantum Science and Technology
Edition description: Second Edition 2018
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Renato Portugal is a full researcher at the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing (LNCC). He received the Howard E. Brandt paper award in 2017. He is member of the editorial board of the journal Natural Computing. His past positions include Visiting Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Symbolic Computation Group at the University of Waterloo, Visiting Professor in the Department of Physics at Queen’s University of Kingston, and Researcher at the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics, Brazil. He received his doctoral degree at the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics. He has published over 150 articles in Scientific Journals and refereed proceedings, with an h-index of 19, and three books. He has developed 7 software packages, including his latest: The Invar Package in 2007. He was General Chair of the Workshop-School of Quantum Information and Computation (WECIQ 2010), and Chair of the Programme Committee for the Workshop-School of Quantum Information and Computation (WECIQ 2006).

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics.- 3 Introduction to Quantum Walks.- 4 Grover’s Algorithm and Its Generalization.- 5 Coined Walks on Infinite Lattices.- 6 Coined Walks with Cyclic Boundary Conditions.- 7 Coined Quantum Walks on Graphs.- 8 Staggered Model.- 9 Spatial Search Algorithms.- 10 Element Distinctness.- 11 Szegedy's Quantum Walk.- A Linear Algebra for Quantum Computation.- B Graph Theory for Quantum Walk.- C Classical Hitting Time.

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