Dr. B may still be right though. 30 years from now quantum computers (as promoted in 2020) will still have no impact on practical computing applications. Maybe in cryptography, or maybe not.
Though quantum aspects in materials science could turn out to be useful, so its impact on computing will be of a peripheral nature (in sensors, etc.). @philipthrift On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 5:59:54 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 6:44 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *If we can factorise a number sensibly bigger than 15 in my lifetime, >> I will be impressed* > > > Back in 2017 the number 291,311 was factored by a quantum computer: > > The experimental factorization of 291311 > <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1706.08061.pdf> > > John K Clark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/e9c1b6d8-5ba1-4a43-96ba-6daad2ccb575n%40googlegroups.com.
