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Grover's algorithm

The English word “Grover's algorithm” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. A quantum algorithm that finds with high probability the unique input to a black-box function that produces a particular output value.

Etymology

Named after Indian-American computer scientist Lov Grover, who devised the algorithm in 1996.

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