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What programming languages are available for quantum computers?

Are there emulators for quantum computers?

Can a Turing machine simulate a quantum computer?

What are the models of quantum computation?

Programming quantum computers for non-physics majors

How do I add 1+1 using a quantum computer?

How do I show that a two-qubit state is an entangled state?

How does a quantum computer do basic math at the hardware level?

What is the "surface code" in the context of quantum error correction?

What is quantum gate teleportation?

Can a quantum computer simulate a normal computer?

Currently, what are the best structured courses available online on quantum computing?

What is meant by the term "computational basis"?

Why is a quantum computer in some ways more powerful than a nondeterministic Turing machine?

Effects of quantum computing on parallel universes

What exactly is an oracle?

How to derive the CNOT matrix for a 3-qubit system where the control & target qubits are not adjacent?

What's the point of Grover's algorithm if we have to search the list of elements to build the oracle?

What could be the possible future applications for HHL algorithm?

How can I implement an n-bit Toffoli gate?

Why is it important to eliminate the garbage qubits?

What is the difference between superpositions and mixed states?

What is the status of confirming the existence of anyons?

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

Is error correction necessary?

Why do optical quantum computers not have to be kept near absolute zero while superconducting quantum computers do?

What is postselection in quantum computing?

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

Is entanglement transitive?