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Out of all your replies, I THINK that this is the one that helped me grok why QC is different than somehow simulating quantum math in a classical computer. The
by zackmorris 8y ago
Out of all your replies, I THINK that this is the one that helped me grok why QC is different than somehow simulating quantum math in a classical computer. The idea of being able to tap into more than 3 dimensions sounds like something very fundamental, kind of like relativity, and a key aspect of how our universe works that at least I was never aware of (and probably a lot of other people!)
Would you consider writing an in-depth article on configuration space and how it applies to QC (and possibly other research) and sharing it here on HN someday?
- ScottAaronson 8y agoPretty much any intro to QC (and in particular, any of the intros I've written, and linked to elsewhere on this thread) will make the point about Hilbert space (that's what it's called) having a dimension that grows exponentially with the number of particles in your system. This is because every possible classical configuration of the system is its own orthogonal "direction" in Hilbert space, and the full state can be an arbitrary superposition (i.e., complex linear combination) of those directions.