Lower bounds on the size of semi-quantum finite automata

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DOI10.1016/J.TCS.2015.09.031zbMATH Open1417.68086arXiv1502.02839OpenAlexW2193399559MaRDI QIDQ264532FDOQ264532


Authors: Lvzhou Li, Daowen Qiu Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 31 March 2016

Published in: Theoretical Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the literature, there exist several interesting hybrid models of finite automata which have both quantum and classical states. We call them semi-quantum automata. In this paper, we compare the descriptional power of these models with that of DFA. Specifically, we present a uniform method that gives a lower bound on the size of the three existing main models of semi-quantum automata, and this bound shows that semi-quantum automata can be at most exponentially more concise than DFA. Compared with a recent work (Bianchi, Mereghetti, Palano, Theoret. Comput. Sci., 551(2014), 102-115), our method shows the following two advantages: (i) our method is much more concise; and (ii) our method is universal, since it is applicable to the three existing main models of semi-quantum automata, instead of only a specific model.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.02839




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