Quantum Algorithm for Solving a Quadratic Nonlinear System of Equations

Abstract

Solving a quadratic nonlinear system of equations (QNSE) is a fundamental, but important, task in nonlinear science. We propose an efficient quantum algorithm for solving $n$-dimensional QNSE. Our algorithm embeds QNSE into a finite-dimensional system of linear equations using the homotopy perturbation method and a linearization technique; then we solve the linear equations with a quantum linear system solver and obtain a state which is $\epsilon$-close to the normalized exact solution of the QNSE with success probability $\Omega (1)$. The complexity of our algorithm is $O(\mathrm{polylog}(n/\epsilon ))$, which provides an exponential improvement over the optimal classical algorithm in dimension $n$, and the dependence on $\epsilon$ is almost optimal. Therefore, our algorithm exponentially accelerates the solution of QNSE and has wide applications in all kinds of nonlinear problems, contributing to the research progress of nonlinear science.

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