Hi Guys,
I wasn't joking when commented on Sarah's group talk. The idea of
computation using quantum systems was mentioned in the attached book on
page 15. If anybody is interested, please translate it. The book was
published in 1980. The author is a well known mathematician. His biography
is here
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Manin.html Now he
is emeritus professor @ Northwestern
http://www.math.northwestern.edu/people/emeritiProfiles/yuri.manin.html
Now, I'm curious if these ideas of quantum computation where around much
before Feynman. Can anybody from the QC part of the group comment on it?
Semion
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Semion K. Saikin, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
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