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Knots in Washington XXXIII; Categorification of Knots, Algebras, and Quandles; Quantum Computing
December 2-4, 2011
George Washington University
Washington, DC, USA

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU),Mark Kidwell (U.S. Naval Academy and GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Radmila Sazdanovic (U.Penn), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU), Hao Wu (GWU)

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The magic behind quantum computing: Chapter √-1
by
Jerzy Kocik

The soothingly graspable formalism of Quantum Mechanics (comprising of quite elementary concepts of linear algebra) contrasts strongly with profound interpretational problems of this formalism. Hence, not to discourage a reader, most expositions quickly move to the formalism and technical description of quantum algorithms, leaving a mathematician not trained in physics somewhat perplexed.

This gentler introduction to quantum computing honestly presents the strangeness of quantum nature of reality and is aimed to a non-physicist who ponders why quantum computers are possible.

Date received: November 24, 2011

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