BQP
In computational complexity theory, bounded-error quantum polynomial time (BQP) is the class of decision problems solvable by a quantum computer in polynomial time, with an error probability of at most 1/3 for all instances. It is the quantum analogue to the complexity class BPP.
A decision problem is a member of BQP if there exists a quantum algorithm (an algorithm that runs on a quantum computer) that solves the decision problem with high probability and is guaranteed to run in polynomial time. A run of the algorithm will correctly solve the decision problem with a probability of at least 2/3.
| BQP algorithm (1 run) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Answer produced Correct answer | Yes | No | 
| Yes | ≥ 2/3 | ≤ 1/3 | 
| No | ≤ 1/3 | ≥ 2/3 | 
| BQP algorithm (k runs) | ||
| Answerproduced Correct answer | Yes | No | 
| Yes | > 1 − 2−ck | < 2−ck | 
| No | < 2−ck | > 1 − 2−ck | 
| for some constant c > 0 | ||