Why does Grover's Diffusion Operator have the word "diffusion" in its name?

Asked Sep 19 '20 at 19:10

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Where do I see the diffusion in the Grovers operator?

I would think there should be an analogy to classical diffusion but I am not able to see the correspondence.

edited Sep 20 '20 at 22:08

glS

asked Sep 19 '20 at 19:10

stephanmg

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Hi! Welcome to QCSE. Have you seen this question? – Mark Spinelli Sep 20 '20 at 01:29
No but thanks @Mark. I think this will answer my question. – stephanmg Sep 20 '20 at 06:18

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