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FOCS
2007
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
The Power of Quantum Systems on a Line
: We study the computational strength of quantum particles (each of finite dimensionality) arranged on a line. First, we prove that it is possible to perform universal adiabatic q...
Dorit Aharonov, Daniel Gottesman, Sandy Irani, Jul...
STOC
1993
ACM
134views Algorithms» more  STOC 1993»
15 years 6 months ago
Quantum complexity theory
In this paper we study quantum computation from a complexity theoretic viewpoint. Our first result is the existence of an efficient universal quantum Turing machine in Deutsch’s...
Ethan Bernstein, Umesh V. Vazirani
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IWFM
1998
15 years 3 months ago
Motivation for a New Semantics for Vagueness
Vagueness is the phenomenon that natural language predicates have borderline regions of applicability and that the boundaries of the borderline region are not determinable. A theo...
Mark Changizi
CORR
2006
Springer
100views Education» more  CORR 2006»
15 years 1 months ago
If a tree casts a shadow is it telling the time?
Physical processes are computations only when we use them to externalize thought. Entities provide nature with a way to preserve structure over time. We think in terms of entities ...
Russ Abbott
TOCL
2008
113views more  TOCL 2008»
15 years 1 months ago
Abstract state machines capture parallel algorithms: Correction and extension
State Machines Capture Parallel Algorithms: Correction and Extension ANDREAS BLASS University of Michigan and YURI GUREVICH Microsoft Research We consider parallel algorithms worki...
Andreas Blass, Yuri Gurevich