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Re:Fifty or Sixty Years of Processor Development for This? by adrianN on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:23AM (#16752991)
Quantum computers can solve protein folding efficiently.
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Re:Fifty or Sixty Years of Processor Development for This? by ziotom78 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @06:51AM (#16753558)
"Can" or "could in principle"?
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Re:Fifty or Sixty Years of Processor Development for This? by adrianN on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @07:47AM (#16753814)
"Can" as in quantum chemistry is one of the best applications for quantum computers.
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Re:Fifty or Sixty Years of Processor Development for This? by ziotom78 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:36AM (#16755086)
Sorry for the naivety, I am not an expert of quantum computing, therefore I asked. I am quite interested in the topic, might you give me some references, please?
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Re:Fifty or Sixty Years of Processor Development for This? by adrianN on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:46AM (#16755193)
Googling for "quantum chemistry computers" yields a number of interesting results, e.g.

https://www.chemistryworld.com/feature/quantum-chemistry-on-...

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603794/chemists-are-first...

Or if you like something by Feynman:

http://doc.cat-v.org/feynman/simulating-physics/simulating-p...

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