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Contents 1 Subdivisions: Months, theory/experiment, etc. 1.1 Feynman 1981 1.2 Reverse-chronological order 1.3 2006

[edit] Subdivisions: Months, theory/experiment, etc.

This page offers a good insight into the development of quantum computing. However, there's quite a bit missing, especially in terms of recent developments - too much has happened in the last 10 years or so, in order to be able to provide a good overview by merely dividing by year. Too many events, often not related to each other, get put into a single long paragraph. From some point onward (1995 for example), I suggest sorting milestones by month of the year.

Another suggestion, as quantum computing is such a multi-disciplinary field, would be to divide developments into their respective disciplines. For example, developments in theory (e.g. error correction), could be separated from experimental ones (e.g. multiple qubit entanglement). I'm not suggesting a separate timeline (that would detract from the idea that quantum computing unifies many fields), just maybe a more intuitive subdivision than the monthly one I suggested above.

In any case, this page has a lot of potential, but as it stands, I don't think it has the scalability, and more importantly the readability it deserves. In case there are no objections, I'll try to reorganize it. Tomatoman 20:10, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Just realized the obvious solution that was escaping me - for every year just have all the developments bullet-pointed in chronological order. Will get this done as soon as I've got a moment. Tomatoman 21:03, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

There are too many entries in 2005 and 2006. Many of these are just theoretical proposals and their merit is still unclear. I think this page should only include acknowledged milestones. --J S Lundeen 18:50, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Feynman 1981

"However, instead of viewing this intractability as an obstacle, Feynman regarded it as an opportunity. He pointed out that if it requires that much computation to work out what will happen in a multi-particle interference experiment, then the very act of setting up such an experiment and measuring the outcome is equivalent to performing a complex computation."

Does the information contained in the above quotation not appear in the International Journal of Theoretical Physics article describing his talk? I just read the paper, have it in front of me, and was looking for any mention of Feynman viewing this as an opportunity. What I found is section 4: QUANTUM COMPUTERS -- UNIVERSAL QUANTUM SIMULATORS. There he does not talk about how setting up this experiment is equivalent to performing a complex computation; he restricts his view of a quantum computer to a machine capable of simulating physical laws. Am I wrong? Does the idea of measurement being equivalent to complex computation show up somewhere in this paper, or does it do so elsewhere? Ruberik 21:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I am having trouble with my citating the Oct 4 06 article. Could you help?

[edit] Reverse-chronological order

Shouldn’t this be in reverse-chronological order?! Can I go ahead and change it? --V4vijayakumar 06:58, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2006

is fact that just the previous year takes up almost half the timeline a reflection of acceleration of progress?--87.65.167.243 16:54, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
yesNicoli nicolivich 19:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)