The Early Days of Quantum Computation
arXiv:2208.09964
Abstract
I recount some of my memories of the early development of quantum computation, including the discovery of the factoring algorithm, of error correcting codes, and of fault tolerance.
10 pages, Write-up of a talk given at QC40, the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Physics of Computation Conference at Endicott House, and at the 2022 Solvay Conference on Physics