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### How much of one-way computation is Just thermodynamics?

Abstract:

In this paper we argue that one-way quantum computation can be seen as a form of phase transition with the available information about the solution of the computation being the order parameter. We draw a number of striking analogies between standard thermodynamical quantities such as energy, temperature, work, and corresponding computational quantities such as the amount of entanglement, time, potential capacity for computation, respectively. Aside from being intuitively pleasing, this pictur...

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Published

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Publisher copy:
10.1007/s10701-008-9218-0

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Atomic & Laser Physics
Role:
Author
Journal:
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS
Volume:
38
Issue:
6
Pages:
506-522
Publication date:
2008-06-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1572-9516
ISSN:
0015-9018
Source identifiers:
158236
Language:
English
Keywords:
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pubs:158236
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Deposit date:
2012-12-19