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In short, it's hard to classically model pretty simple quantum mechanical systems and sample the probability distribution of outcomes. Using a quantum computer to simulate the system and sample the probability distribution is easy.
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In short, it's hard to classically model pretty simple quantum mechanical systems and sample the probability distribution of outcomes. Using a quantum computer to simulate the system and sample the probability distribution is easy.