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The physical limitations, due to quantum mechanics, on the functioning of computers are analyzed.
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Editor's note: This article, which is based on the author's plenary talk presented at the CLEO/IQEC Meeting in 1984, originally appeared in the February 1985 issue ofOptics News. It is here reprinted with kind permission of Professor Feynman andOptics News.
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Feynman, R.P. Quantum mechanical computers. Found Phys 16, 507–531 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01886518
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01886518