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Prepare $2^{-n/2}{\sum }_x|x⟩|0^n⟩$, query the oracle, and measure or discard the output register. For $p\ne 0$, the input register becomes the coset stateApply $H^{\otimes n}$, the quantum Fourier transform over $({\mathbb{Z}}_2{)}^n$. The two amplitudes interfere destructively unless the binary inner product satisfiesand every vector in this orthogonal subspace is sampled uniformly. Repeat until $n-1$ independent equations have been collected, then use Gaussian elimination over ${\mathbb{F}}_2$ to find their one-dimensional null space; its nonzero vector is $p$. This is Simon's algorithm. It uses $O(n)$ oracle queries with high probability and polynomial classical work. When $p=0^n$, the function is injective and the samples eventually span all of $({\mathbb{F}}_2{)}^n$, which distinguishes that case with arbitrarily high probability.

Simon's algorithm prepares hidden-subgroup coset states, applies the quantum Fourier transform over $({\mathbb{Z}}_2{)}^n$, and samples vectors $y$ satisfying $y\cdot p=0$ over ${\mathbb{F}}_2$. Repeated samples and Gaussian elimination recover $p$ with $O(n)$ oracle queries and polynomial computation.