Programming quantum computers using 3-D puzzles, coffee cups, and doughnuts
arXiv:1609.06628
Abstract
The task of programming a quantum computer is just as strange as quantum mechanics itself. But it now looks like a simple 3D puzzle may be the future tool of quantum software engineers.
10 Pages, 4 figures. Article for ACM-XRDS, Magazine for students. Fall Issue on Quantum Computing. Expanded Reference List
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