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Series:   Elements in the Philosophy of Physics

Physics and Computation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2021

Armond Duwell
Armond Duwell
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University of Montana

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This Element has three main aims. First, it aims to help the reader understand the concept of computation that Turing developed, his corresponding results, and what those results indicate about the limits of computational possibility. Second, it aims to bring the reader up to speed on analyses of computation in physical systems which provide the most general characterizations of what it takes for a physical system to be a computational system. Third, it aims to introduce the reader to some different kinds of quantum computers, describe quantum speedup, and present some explanation sketches of quantum speedup. If successful, this Element will equip the reader with a basic knowledge necessary for pursuing these topics in more detail.
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quantum computationquantum speedupphysical Church–Turing thesisaccount of computationquantum computers
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Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Physics
Online ISBN: 9781009104975
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 23 September 2021

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