Questions tagged [communication-complexity]

Communication complexity studies the amount of communication required to solve a problem when the input to the problem is distributed among two or more parties. It was introduced by Andrew Yao in 1979. (Wikipedia)

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Resources for Quantum Communication Complexity

I recently came to know about this interesting topic of "communication complexity". In simple words, Wikipedia defines it as: In theoretical computer science, communication complexity studies the amount of communication required to solve a…
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Could quantum computers be useful for sending encrypted information over a classical channel?

A quantum computer running Shor's algorithm would be famously useful for decrypting information encrypted by many classical public-key cryptography algorithms. Is there any reason (either a specific proposed protocol or a general heuristic argument)…
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Complexity of quantum circuits in a specific protocol

Consider the following simultaneous communication problem. Alice and Bob do not share any entanglement or any common randomness, and cannot communicate directly with each other. As inputs, $x$ is given to Alice, and $y$ is given to Bob, where $x, y…