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"Error-Correcting Code Keeps Quantum Computers on Track," by by Barry Cipra. Science, 12 April 1996, page 199.
Today quantum computers are only a theoretical possiblity, but they have the potential to surpass traditional computers by performing vast numbers of computations simultaneously. One difficulty researchers have found is that the error-correcting schemes developed for traditional computers would not work on quantum computers. This article describes the work of Peter Shor, who has discovered a new breed of error-correcting scheme that, at least in theory, would work on a quantum computer.
-Allyn Jackson
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