A linear-size quantum circuit for addition with no ancillary qubits

  • Authors:
  • Yasuhiro Takahashi;Noboru Kunihiro

  • Affiliations:
  • NTT Communication Science Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan;The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Quantum Information & Computation
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We construct a quantum circuit for addition of two n-bit binary numbers that uses no ancillary qubits. The circuit is based on the ripple-carry approach. The depth and size of the circuit are O(n). This is an affirmative answer to the question of Kutin [1] as to whether a linear-depth quantum circuit for addition can be constructed without ancillary qubits using the ripple-carry approach. We also construct quantum circuits for addition modulo 2n, subtraction, and comparison that use no ancillary qubits by modifying the circuit for addition.