Basic Quantum Algorithms

Quantum computing is evolving so quickly that forces us to revisit, rewrite, and update the basis of the theory. Basic Quantum Algorithms revisits the first quantum algorithms. It started in 1985 with Deutsch trying to evaluate a function at two domain points simultaneously. Then, Deutsch and Jozsa created in 1992 a quantum algorithm that determines whether a Boolean function is constant or balanced. In the next year, Bernstein and Vazirani realized that the same algorithm can be used to find a specific Boolean function in the set of linear Boolean functions. In 1994, Simon presented a new quantum algorithm that determines whether a function is one-to-one or two-to-one exponentially faster than any classical algorithm for the same problem. In the same year, Shor created two new quantum algorithms for factoring integers and calculating discrete logarithms, threatening the cryptography methods widely used nowadays. In 1995, Kitaev described an alternative version for Shor's algorithms that proved useful in many other applications. In the following year, Grover created a quantum search algorithm quadratically faster than its classical counterpart. In this work, all those remarkable algorithms are described in detail with a focus on the circuit model.