DNA computation could in principle solve the satisfiability (SAT) problem due to the operations in parallel on extremely large numbers of strands. We demonstrate some quantum gates corresponding to the DNA ones, based on which an implementation of DNA algorithm for SAT problem is available by quantum mechanical way. Since quantum computation owns the favorable feature of operations in parallel on 2
n states by using only n qubits, instead of 2
n strands in DNA computation, computational complexity is much reduced in treating the SAT problem quantum mechanically. We take a three-clause SAT problem with two variables as an example, and carry out a NMR experiment for solving a one-variable SAT problem.
This study investigates the application of quantum computing to the Boolean satisfaction problem (SAT), with a special focus on the special case of the Exactly-1 3-SAT problem. Quantum computing has shown significant advantages in solving various computational problems and achieving exponential accelerations. This study designs and implements a quantum algorithm to identify assignments that prove Boolean formulas of bound form using the Grover search algorithm. We tested the implementation of three quantum circuits using as many quantum techniques as possible using the IBM quantum simulator. Only the second implementation showed consistent results due to the number of qubits, decoherence time, and circuit complexity. This study demonstrates that the design of algorithms meets hardware constraints and lays the foundation for future research as quantum devices improve.