Universality in quantum computation

May, 1995
11 pages
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  • Proc.Roy.Soc.Lond.A 449 (1995) 669
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Abstract:
We show that in quantum computation almost every gate that operates on two or more bits is a universal gate. We discuss various physical considerations bearing on the proper definition of universality for computational components such as logic gates.
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