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arXiv:1705.00686 · Nature Physics

Classical boson sampling algorithms with superior performance to near-term experiments

Alex Neville, Chris Sparrow, Raphaël Clifford A, Eric Johnston, Patrick M. Birchall, Ashley Montanaro, Anthony Laing

Published Oct 2, 2017• 179 citations
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10.1038/nphys4270

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