A note on quantum lower bounds for local search via congestion and expansion

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13345v1
• Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:42:42 GMT
• Title: A note on quantum lower bounds for local search via congestion and expansion
• Authors: Simina Brânzei, Nicholas J. Recker,
• Abstract summary: We show that the quantum query complexity of local search on $G$ is $Omegabigl( fracnfrac34sqrtg bigr)$. In contrast to the classical setting, a gap remains in the quantum case between our lower bound and the best-known upper bound of $Obigl( nfrac13 bigr)$ for such graphs.
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• Abstract: We consider the quantum query complexity of local search as a function of graph geometry. Given a graph $G = (V,E)$ with $n$ vertices and black box access to a function $f : V \to \mathbb{R}$, the goal is find a vertex $v$ that is a local minimum, i.e. with $f(v) \leq f(u)$ for all $(u,v) \in E$, using as few oracle queries as possible. We show that the quantum query complexity of local search on $G$ is $\Omega\bigl( \frac{n^{\frac{3}{4}}}{\sqrt{g}} \bigr)$, where $g$ is the vertex congestion of the graph. For a $\beta$-expander with maximum degree $\Delta$, this implies a lower bound of $ \Omega\bigl(\frac{\sqrt{\beta} \; n^{\frac{1}{4}}}{\sqrt{\Delta} \; \log{n}} \bigr)$. We obtain these bounds by applying the strong weighted adversary method to a construction by Br\^anzei, Choo, and Recker (2024). As a corollary, on constant degree expanders, we derive a lower bound of $\Omega\bigl(\frac{n^{\frac{1}{4}}}{ \sqrt{\log{n}}} \bigr)$. This improves upon the best prior quantum lower bound of $\Omega\bigl( \frac{n^{\frac{1}{8}}}{\log{n}}\bigr) $ by Santha and Szegedy (2004). In contrast to the classical setting, a gap remains in the quantum case between our lower bound and the best-known upper bound of $O\bigl( n^{\frac{1}{3}} \bigr)$ for such graphs.

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