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arXiv:quant-ph/9805043

Quantum Harmonic Sieve: Learning DNF with a Classical Example Oracle

Dan A. Ventura, Tony R. Martinez

Published May 15, 1998• 0 citations
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Abstract

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors due to a problem with efficiently predicting the large fourier coefficients. It is being reworked and will be resubmitted in the near future.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9805043

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