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The Early Days of Quantum Computation

Quantum Physics 2022-10-28 v2

Abstract

I recount some of my memories of the early development of quantum computation, including the discovery of the factoring algorithm, of error correcting codes, and of fault tolerance.

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@article{arxiv.2208.09964,
  title  = {The Early Days of Quantum Computation},
  author = {Peter W. Shor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09964},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages, Write-up of a talk given at QC40, the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Physics of Computation Conference at Endicott House, and at the 2022 Solvay Conference on Physics

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