(No) Quantum space-time tradeoff for USTCON

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Main Authors: Apers, Simon, Jeffery, Stacey, Pass, Galina, Walter, Michael
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author Apers, Simon
Jeffery, Stacey
Pass, Galina
Walter, Michael
author_facet Apers, Simon
Jeffery, Stacey
Pass, Galina
Walter, Michael
contents Undirected $st$-connectivity is important both for its applications in network problems, and for its theoretical connections with logspace complexity. Classically, a long line of work led to a time-space tradeoff of $T=\tilde{O}(n^2/S)$ for any $S$ such that $S=Ω(\log (n))$ and $S=O(n^2/m)$. Surprisingly, we show that quantumly there is no nontrivial time-space tradeoff: there is a quantum algorithm that achieves both optimal time $\tilde{O}(n)$ and space $O(\log (n))$ simultaneously. This improves on previous results, which required either $O(\log (n))$ space and $\tilde{O}(n^{1.5})$ time, or $\tilde{O}(n)$ space and time. To complement this, we show that there is a nontrivial time-space tradeoff when given a lower bound on the spectral gap of a corresponding random walk.
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spellingShingle (No) Quantum space-time tradeoff for USTCON
Apers, Simon
Jeffery, Stacey
Pass, Galina
Walter, Michael
Quantum Physics
Data Structures and Algorithms
Undirected $st$-connectivity is important both for its applications in network problems, and for its theoretical connections with logspace complexity. Classically, a long line of work led to a time-space tradeoff of $T=\tilde{O}(n^2/S)$ for any $S$ such that $S=Ω(\log (n))$ and $S=O(n^2/m)$. Surprisingly, we show that quantumly there is no nontrivial time-space tradeoff: there is a quantum algorithm that achieves both optimal time $\tilde{O}(n)$ and space $O(\log (n))$ simultaneously. This improves on previous results, which required either $O(\log (n))$ space and $\tilde{O}(n^{1.5})$ time, or $\tilde{O}(n)$ space and time. To complement this, we show that there is a nontrivial time-space tradeoff when given a lower bound on the spectral gap of a corresponding random walk.
title (No) Quantum space-time tradeoff for USTCON
topic Quantum Physics
Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00094