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Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by gnu-nobody on Monday April 27, 2020 @04:28AM (#22993997)
> but O(n^2.807) time on a classical computer

Optimizing matrix multiplication for classical computers is an open research problem, and according to wikipedia there are algorithms with O(n^2.37) running time. Also according to wikipedia, it is not proven that matrix multiplication can't be done in O(n^2).

Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by infogulch on Monday April 27, 2020 @05:09AM (#22994209)
Ah yes, we may as well add NP-completeness to this thread.