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Use a verified Grover promise test. Since $n>1$, $N\ge 4$. ChooseThis is a nearest integer to $\pi /(4\theta )-1/2$, so $|(2k+1)\theta -\pi /2|\le \theta$. Run the Grover search algorithm for $k$ iterations and measure the candidate $x$. Make one further oracle query with input $|x⟩|0⟩$ and measure the answer bit $f(x)$. Declare that a marked entry exists exactly when this bit is one.

In the zero case the verification always returns zero, so the decision is correct with certainty. In the single-marked-entry case, verification returns one exactly when the candidate is $a$, andFinally, $\arcsin u\ge u$ on $[0,1]$ gives $k\le \pi \sqrt{N}/4$. HenceThe verification query is necessary for this decision rule: an unverified search-register label does not itself say whether it is marked.