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> Can someone explain this in terms an EE or programmer can understand? Unfortunately not. The physicists who are behind quantum computing don't think the sam
by pclmulqdq 3y ago
> Can someone explain this in terms an EE or programmer can understand?
Unfortunately not. The physicists who are behind quantum computing don't think the same way, and go straight for the abstract math to solve any problem. I am pretty sure they don't understand that most of our progress on computing up to this point is because you don't need to go into Galois fields or discrete math to describe what a computer or algorithm does. I'm also pretty sure that they don't know of another way to think about it.
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoThe second paper shared by the GP is actually just about as dumbed down as you can feasible get. The problem is that A) it uses some basic jargon, because it's fair to assume the only people interested in the result are people who understand the jargon and B) it's describing a completely impractical problem, designed to maximize the difference in performance between a quantum and classical computer rather than do anything particularly useful.