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Quantum mechanical computers

  • Part VI. Invited Papers Dedicated To John Archibald Wheeler
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The physical limitations, due to quantum mechanics, on the functioning of computers are analyzed.

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  1. Department of Physics, California Institute of Technology, 91125, Pasadena, California

    Richard P. Feynman

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Editor's note: This article, which is based on the author's plenary talk presented at the CLEO/IQEC Meeting in 1984, originally appeared in the February 1985 issue ofOptics News. It is here reprinted with kind permission of Professor Feynman andOptics News.

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Feynman, R.P. Quantum mechanical computers. Found Phys 16, 507–531 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01886518

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