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arXiv:quant-ph/0703023 · Communications in Mathematical Physics

On the Exact Evaluation of Certain Instances of the Potts Partition Function by Quantum Computers

Joseph Geraci, Daniel A. Lidar

Published Feb 29, 2008• 34 citations
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10.1007/s00220-008-0438-0

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