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View SchemaGood dynamics versus bad kinematics. Is entanglement needed for quantum computation?
| Authors | Noah Linden, Sandu Popescu |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9906008 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9906008 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.047901 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.Lett. 87 (2001) 047901 |
Abstract
We consider quantum computing with pseudo-pure states. This framework arises in certain implementations of quantum computing using NMR. We analyze quantum computational protocols which aim to solve exponential classical problems with polynomial resources and ask whether or not entanglement of the pseudo-pure states is needed to achieve this aim. We show that for a large class of such protocols, including Shor's factorization, entanglement is necessary. We also show that achieving entanglement is not sufficient: if the noise in the state is sufficiently large, exponential resources are needed even if entanglement is present.
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