Quantum Search Demo Applet

Demonstration of various quantum algorithms for combinatorial search (i.e., NP problems). For instructions and examples, see the demo overview.

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Execution time and memory use grow exponentially with the problem size (i.e., number of variables). For larger problems, the program is especially CPU intensive when displaying the amplitudes for all states: selecting one of the alternate types of information to display will improve performance. The initially-selected instance in the demo has only 2 variables and should run rapidly.

Tad Hogg