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Noisy (Binary) Searching: Simple, Fast and Correct

Authors: Dariusz Dereniowski, Aleksander Łukasiewicz, and Przemysław Uznański

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 327, 42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025)


Abstract
This work considers the problem of the noisy binary search in a sorted array. The noise is modeled by a parameter p that dictates that a comparison can be incorrect with probability p, independently of other queries. We state two types of upper bounds on the number of queries: the worst-case and expected query complexity scenarios. The bounds improve the ones known to date, i.e., our algorithms require fewer queries. Additionally, they have simpler statements, and work for the full range of parameters. All query complexities for the expected query scenarios are tight up to lower order terms. For the problem where the target prior is uniform over all possible inputs, we provide an algorithm with expected complexity upperbounded by (log₂ n + log₂ δ^{-1} + 3)/I(p), where n is the domain size, 0 ≤ p < 1/2 is the noise ratio, and δ > 0 is the failure probability, and I(p) is the information gain function. As a side-effect, we close some correctness issues regarding previous work. Also, en route, we obtain new and improved query complexities for the search generalized to arbitrary graphs. This paper continues and improves the lines of research of Burnashev-Zigangirov [Prob. Per. Informatsii, 1974], Ben-Or and Hassidim [FOCS 2008], Gu and Xu [STOC 2023], and Emamjomeh-Zadeh et al. [STOC 2016], Dereniowski et al. [SOSA@SODA 2019].

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Dariusz Dereniowski, Aleksander Łukasiewicz, and Przemysław Uznański. Noisy (Binary) Searching: Simple, Fast and Correct. In 42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 327, pp. 29:1-29:18, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025)


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@InProceedings{dereniowski_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2025.29,
  author =	{Dereniowski, Dariusz and {\L}ukasiewicz, Aleksander and Uzna\'{n}ski, Przemys{\l}aw},
  title =	{{Noisy (Binary) Searching: Simple, Fast and Correct}},
  booktitle =	{42nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2025)},
  pages =	{29:1--29:18},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-365-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2025},
  volume =	{327},
  editor =	{Beyersdorff, Olaf and Pilipczuk, Micha{\l} and Pimentel, Elaine and Thắng, Nguy\~{ê}n Kim},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2025.29},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-228551},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2025.29},
  annote =	{Keywords: Graph Algorithms, Noisy Binary Search, Query Complexity, Reliability}
}
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A Lower Bound on the Space Overhead of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation

Authors: Omar Fawzi, Alexander Müller-Hermes, and Ala Shayeghi

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 215, 13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022)


Abstract
The threshold theorem is a fundamental result in the theory of fault-tolerant quantum computation stating that arbitrarily long quantum computations can be performed with a polylogarithmic overhead provided the noise level is below a constant level. A recent work by Fawzi, Grospellier and Leverrier (FOCS 2018) building on a result by Gottesman (QIC 2013) has shown that the space overhead can be asymptotically reduced to a constant independent of the circuit provided we only consider circuits with a length bounded by a polynomial in the width. In this work, using a minimal model for quantum fault tolerance, we establish a general lower bound on the space overhead required to achieve fault tolerance. For any non-unitary qubit channel 𝒩 and any quantum fault tolerance schemes against i.i.d. noise modeled by 𝒩, we prove a lower bound of max{Q(𝒩)^{-1}n,α_𝒩 log T} on the number of physical qubits, for circuits of length T and width n. Here, Q(𝒩) denotes the quantum capacity of 𝒩 and α_𝒩 > 0 is a constant only depending on the channel 𝒩. In our model, we allow for qubits to be replaced by fresh ones during the execution of the circuit and in the case of unital noise, we allow classical computation to be free and perfect. This improves upon results that assumed classical computations to be also affected by noise, and that sometimes did not allow for fresh qubits to be added. Along the way, we prove an exponential upper bound on the maximal length of fault-tolerant quantum computation with amplitude damping noise resolving a conjecture by Ben-Or, Gottesman and Hassidim (2013).

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Omar Fawzi, Alexander Müller-Hermes, and Ala Shayeghi. A Lower Bound on the Space Overhead of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation. In 13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 215, pp. 68:1-68:20, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)


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@InProceedings{fawzi_et_al:LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.68,
  author =	{Fawzi, Omar and M\"{u}ller-Hermes, Alexander and Shayeghi, Ala},
  title =	{{A Lower Bound on the Space Overhead of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation}},
  booktitle =	{13th Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science Conference (ITCS 2022)},
  pages =	{68:1--68:20},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-217-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{215},
  editor =	{Braverman, Mark},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.68},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-156649},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ITCS.2022.68},
  annote =	{Keywords: Fault-tolerant quantum computation, quantum error correction}
}
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