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20092026
most citedSimulating Hamiltonian dynamics with a truncated Taylor series

779 citations · 2.6k across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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41 papers

quant-ph2026

An Optimal Quantum Linear Systems Algorithm

Carlos Bravo-Prieto, Aram W. Harrow, Robin Kothari

In the quantum linear systems problem (QLSP), we are given query access to a -sparse matrix with condition number , and the ability to prepare a quantum state…

cs.CC2026

Randomized query complexity can beat certificate complexity

Shalev Ben-David, Robin Kothari

A long-standing open question in query complexity asks whether there is a total Boolean function f with R(f) << C(f), where R(f) and C(f) denote its bounded-error randomized query…

quant-ph2023★ 55 cited

Exponential quantum speedup in simulating coupled classical oscillators

Ryan Babbush, Dominic W. Berry, Robin Kothari +2

We present a quantum algorithm for simulating the classical dynamics of coupled oscillators (e.g., masses coupled by springs). Our approach leverages a mapping between…

quant-ph2023★ 25 cited

Query-optimal estimation of unitary channels in diamond distance

Jeongwan Haah, Robin Kothari, Ryan O'Donnell +1

We consider process tomography for unitary quantum channels. Given access to an unknown unitary channel acting on a -dimensional qudit, we aim to output a classical des…

quant-ph2022★ 3 cited

Quantum divide and conquer

Andrew M. Childs, Robin Kothari, Matt Kovacs-Deak +2

The divide-and-conquer framework, used extensively in classical algorithm design, recursively breaks a problem of size into smaller subproblems (say, copies of size e…

quant-ph2022★ 3 cited

Mean estimation when you have the source code; or, quantum Monte Carlo methods

Robin Kothari, Ryan O'Donnell

Suppose is a real random variable, and one is given access to ``the code'' that generates it (for example, a randomized or quantum circuit whose output is $\boldsy…