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Universal quantum computation

Name: Universal quantum computation
Uploaded: 2010-11-24
Description: When is a collection of gates enough for general quantum computation? Michael Nielsen introduces universal quantum computation in his compact teaching series. The subject connects individual operations with the larger question of what circuits can express; it does not say that any small experimental device can run every useful application today.

Original upload Nov 24, 2010

Rows of patterned Fugaku supercomputer cabinets at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science

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Fugaku at RIKEN in Kobe. Classical supercomputing context for computational research, not a quantum processor or a video frame.

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When is a collection of gates enough for general quantum computation? Michael Nielsen introduces universal quantum computation in his compact teaching series. The subject connects individual operations with the larger question of what circuits can express; it does not say that any small experimental device can run every useful application today.

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