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Is quantum computing just pie in the sky?

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Introductory material for quantum machine learning

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What is a list of research journals publishing quantum computing articles?

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How can I decompose a matrix in terms of Pauli matrices?

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What makes representing qubits in a 3D real vector space possible?

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Is there a name for the 3-qubit gate that does NOT NOT NOTHING?

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How to implement the 4 Bell states on the IBM Q (composer)?

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What exactly are anyons and how are they relevant to topological quantum computing?

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Can quantum computing be profitable without quantum hardware?

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Why is the CNOT gate matrix a valid representation for two-qubit states?

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Are there any estimates on how complexity of quantum engineering scales with size?

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When was the first use of the word Entanglement?

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Is quantum computing just pie in the sky?

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Are quantum computers just a variant on Analog computers of the 50's & 60's that many have never seen nor used?

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How does the NOT gate generalize beyond binary?

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Why do quantum computers have more qubits than classical computers have bits?

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If a Hamiltonian is quadratic in the ladder operator, why is its time evolution linear in the ladder operator?

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Why does QAOA achieve quantum supremacy in an algorithmic sense?

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Is there an intuition built on ansatz in VQE algorithm or is it more a trial and error approach?

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Does a Wigner function uniquely determine a quantum state?

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Why is the transpose of a density matrix positive and trace preserving?

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What are magic states?

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How to translate the Hadamard gate matrix into Dirac notation?

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HHL algorithm -- why isn't the required knowledge on eigenspectrum a major drawback?

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Why Google has used $\sqrt{X}$ and $\sqrt{Y}$ instead of $X$ and $Y$ in supremacy experiment?

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When you act on a multi-qubit system with a 2-qubit gate, what happens to the third qubit?

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Quantum states are unit vectors... with respect to which norm?

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What kind of mathematics is common in quantum computing?

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Toffoli gate as FANOUT

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Where exactly does entanglement appear in Shor's algorithm?

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