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A Quantum Algorithm for Finding the Minimum

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arxiv quant-ph/9607014 v2 pith:G4FSGTTO submitted 1996-07-18 quant-ph cs.DS

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We give a quantum algorithm to find the index y in a table T of size N such that in time O(c sqrt N), T[y] is minimum with probability at least 1-1/2^c.

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