A polynomial quantum algorithm for approximating the jones polynomial

Algorithmica (New York)

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-421

  Aharonov, Dorit ^a   Jones, Vaughan ^b   Landau, Zeph ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAID GROUPS; COMPLETE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SCIENTISTS; COUPLING STRENGTHS; EFFICIENT SIMULATION; JONES POLYNOMIAL; KNOT INVARIANTS; LOCAL STRUCTURE; LOCAL UNITARY; PATH MODELS; POTTS MODELS; PRIMITIVE ROOTS; QUANTUM ALGORITHMS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM FOURIER TRANSFORMS; RUNNING TIME; TEMPERLEY-LIEB ALGEBRA; TUTTE POLYNOMIAL;

POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; WEAVING;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

EID: 67650653752     PISSN: 01784617     EISSN: 14320541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00453-008-9168-0     Document Type: Article

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