Quantum Information and Computation

OCT 01, 1995

A new quantum theory of communication and computation is emerging, in which the stuff transmitted or processed is not classical information, but arbitrary superpositions of quantum states.

DOI: 10.1063/1.881452

Charles H. Bennett

Thpheoretical computer scientists, like their counterparts in physics, suffer and benefit from a high level of intellectual machismo. They believe they have some of the biggest brains around, which they need to think about some of the hardest problems. Like mathematicians, they prove theorems and doubt the seriousness of those who don’t. Lately, however, theoretical computer scientists have sought the help of physicists in understanding quantum mechanics, a hard part of physics which they now believe has great significance for their own field.

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Charles H. Bennett, J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.