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Quantum Parallelism and Computational Complexity

Ray LaPierre

Published Oct 24, 2025• 0 citations

Abstract

Quantum computers can use a superposition to run many states simultaneously through an algorithm, rather than sequentially as in a classical computer. This principle is called quantum parallelism. This chapter refines our notion of quantum parallelism and introduces computational complexity to quantify the power of quantum computers.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-90731-9_10

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