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benchmarkist • 11/20/2024 • 2 replies • view on HN

Every quantum algorithm is a unitary operation in a Hilbert space. If you want to understand the theory then you will have to do the actual work of learning about Hilbert spaces and unitary operators.


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gaze • 11/21/2024

Thoroughly unhelpful response. There’s a number of analogies available.

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dekhn • 11/20/2024

"""Are Git branches, in fact, "homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space"?"""

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