Grover's Algorithm in Natural Settings

TL;DR

This paper explores how Grover's quantum search algorithm can be implemented in natural physical systems, suggesting it may influence biological processes like genetic language evolution.

Contribution

It demonstrates the feasibility of implementing Grover's algorithm in physical systems that rely on wave dynamics and highlights potential natural occurrences of the algorithm.

Findings

Grover's algorithm can operate in systems with wave dynamics without extensive quantum resources.

Natural physical setups may inherently perform quantum search algorithms.

The algorithm might have influenced the evolution of genetic languages.

Abstract

The execution of Grover's quantum search algorithm needs rather limited resources without much fine tuning. Consequently, the algorithm can be implemented in a variety of physical set-ups, which involve wave dynamics but may not need other quantum features. Several of these set-ups are described, pointing out that some of them occur quite naturally. In particular, it is entirely possible that the algorithm played a key role in the selection of the universal structure of genetic languages.