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Science 24 February 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5764, pp. 1106 - 1107
DOI: 10.1126/science.1124295
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PHYSICS:
Implementing a Quantum Computation by Free Falling

Jonathan Oppenheim

Quantum computers may become more powerful than conventional computers, especially at solving hard problems. Finding efficient ways to tackle such problems turns out to resemble understanding the path taken by a falling object.

The author is in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK. E-mail: j.oppenheim{at}damtp.cam.ac.uk

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