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    "abstract": "There are many falsely intuitive introductions to quantum theory and quantum\ncomputation in a handwave. There are also numerous documents which teach those\nsubjects in a mathematically sound manner. To my knowledge this paper is the\nshortest of the latter category. The aim is to deliver a short yet rigorous and\nself-contained introduction to Quantum Computation, whilst assuming the reader\nhas no prior knowledge of anything but the fundamental operations on real\nnumbers. Successively I introduce complex matrices; the postulates of quantum\ntheory and the simplest quantum algorithm. The document originates from a fifty\nminutes talk addressed to a non-specialist audience, in which I sought to take\nthe shortest mathematical path that proves a quantum algorithm right.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0305045",
    "authors": [
      "Pablo Arrighi"
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    "journal_ref": "Bulletin of the EATCS, 80, 134-142, June 2003 \u0026 Current Trends in\n  Computer Science, 455-469, 2004.",
    "title": "Quantum Computation explained to my Mother",
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