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View SchemaLimits on Efficient Computation in the Physical World
| Authors | Scott Aaronson |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0412143 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412143 |
Abstract
More than a speculative technology, quantum computing seems to challenge our most basic intuitions about how the physical world should behave. In this thesis I show that, while some intuitions from classical computer science must be jettisoned in the light of modern physics, many others emerge nearly unscathed; and I use powerful tools from computational complexity theory to help determine which are which.
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