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International Journal of Quantum Information

QUANTUM COMPLEXITY THEORY GOALS AND CHALLENGES

Jozef Gruska

Published Dec 17, 2004• 4 citations
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Abstract

Quantum complexity theory is a powerful tool that provides deep insights into Quantum Information Processing (QIP) and aims to do that also for Quantum Mechanics (QM), in general. This paper is a short review of the main and new motivations, goals, tools, results and challenges of quantum complexity, oriented mainly for pedestrians.
DOI
10.1142/s0219749905000529

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