The most important application of quantum computing in the future is likely to be a computer simulation of quantum systems, because that's an application where we know for sure that quantum systems in general cannot be efficiently simulated on a classical computer.
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Type: Scientist Born: 1953 |
“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.”
“I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.'”