Quantum sort

A quantum sort is any sorting algorithm that runs on a quantum computer. Any comparison-based quantum sorting algorithm would take at least steps,[1] which is already achievable by classical algorithms. Thus, for this task, quantum computers are no better than classical ones. However, in space-bounded sorts, quantum algorithms outperform their classical counterparts.[2]

References

  1. Høyer, P.; Neerbek, J.; Shi, Y. (2001). "Quantum complexities of ordered searching, sorting, and element distinctness". 28th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming. pp. 62–73. arXiv:quant-ph/0102078. doi:10.1007/3-540-48224-5_29.
  2. Klauck, Hartmut (2003). "Quantum Time-Space Tradeoffs for Sorting". Proceedings of the thirty-fifth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing. arXiv:quant-ph/0211174. doi:10.1145/780542.780553.


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