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The Argument against Quantum Computers

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This paper cites Aaronson and A.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Aaronson and A

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This paper cites Aharonov and M.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Aharonov and M

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This paper cites Arrow, A difficulty in the theory of social welfare, Journal of Political Economy 58 (1950) , 328–346.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Arrow, A difficulty in the theory of social welfare, Journal of Political Economy 58 (1950) , 328–346

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This paper cites Barkai, and S.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Barkai, and S

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This paper cites Benjamini, G.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Benjamini, G

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The Argument against Quantum Computers Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Statistical mechanical models for quantum codes with correlated noise.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Statistical mechanical models for quantum codes with correlated noise

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This paper cites Deutsch, Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer,Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 400 (1985), 96–117.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Deutsch, Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer,Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 400 (1985), 96–117

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This paper cites Efficient classical simulation of noisy quantum computation.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Efficient classical simulation of noisy quantum computation

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This paper cites Realization of Shor's Algorithm at Room Temperature.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Realization of Shor's Algorithm at Room Temperature

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This paper cites Kahn and G.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Kahn and G

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This paper cites Kalai, The quantum computer puzzle, Notices of the American Mathematical Society63 (2016), 508–516.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Kalai, The quantum computer puzzle, Notices of the American Mathematical Society63 (2016), 508–516

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This paper cites The Quantum Computer Puzzle (Expanded Version).

The Argument against Quantum Computers The Quantum Computer Puzzle (Expanded Version)

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This paper cites Kalai, Three puzzles on mathematics, computation and games, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018, Rio de Janeiro, V ol.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Kalai, Three puzzles on mathematics, computation and games, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018, Rio de Janeiro, V ol

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This paper cites Gaussian Noise Sensitivity and BosonSampling.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Gaussian Noise Sensitivity and BosonSampling

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The Argument against Quantum Computers Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Knill, R.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Knill, R

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This paper cites Pitowsky, The physical Church thesis and physical computational complexity, lyuun, A Jerusalem Philo- sophical Quarterly 39 (1990), 81–99.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Pitowsky, The physical Church thesis and physical computational complexity, lyuun, A Jerusalem Philo- sophical Quarterly 39 (1990), 81–99

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This paper cites Pitowsky, Correlation polytopes: Their geometry and complexity, Mathematical Programming A50 (1991), 395–414.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Pitowsky, Correlation polytopes: Their geometry and complexity, Mathematical Programming A50 (1991), 395–414

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This paper cites Polterovich, Symplectic geometry of quantum noise, Communications in Mathematical Physics 327 (2014), 481–519.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Polterovich, Symplectic geometry of quantum noise, Communications in Mathematical Physics 327 (2014), 481–519

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This paper cites Preskill, Quantum computing: Pro and con, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 454 (1998), 469–486.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Preskill, Quantum computing: Pro and con, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A 454 (1998), 469–486

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This paper cites Preskill, Sufficient condition on noise correlations for scalable quantum computing, Quantum Information and Computing 13 (2013), 181–194.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Preskill, Sufficient condition on noise correlations for scalable quantum computing, Quantum Information and Computing 13 (2013), 181–194

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The Argument against Quantum Computers Unresolved cited work

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The Argument against Quantum Computers Troyansky and N

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The Argument against Quantum Computers Wigderson, Mathematics and Computation, Princeton University Press, 2019

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This paper cites Wolfram, Undecidability and intractability in theoretical physics, Physical Review Letters 54 (1985), 735–738.

The Argument against Quantum Computers Wolfram, Undecidability and intractability in theoretical physics, Physical Review Letters 54 (1985), 735–738

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