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[This essay in Spanish] [This essay in French] [This essay in Chinese] In an old joke, two noblemen vie to name the bigger number. The first, after ruminating for hours, triumphantly announces "Eighty-three!" The second, mightily impressed, replies "You win." A biggest number contest is clearly pointless when the contestants take turns. But what if the contestants write down their numbers simultan

PHYS771 Quantum Computing Since Democritus University of Waterloo, Fall 2006 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00-2:30pm BFG Building, 2nd floor seminar room (BFG2125) Instructor: Scott Aaronson 3141 Davis Centre Email: scott at scottaaronson dot com Office hours: After class or by appointment Description: This course tries to connect quantum computing to the wider intellectual world. We'll start out with