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The Non-mechanistic Character of Quantum Computation
Giuseppe Castagnoli, Dalida Monti
The higher than classical efficiency exhibited by some quantum algorithms is here ascribed to their non-mechanistic character, which becomes evident by joining the notions of entan…
Exploiting Particle Statistics in Quantum Computation
Giuseppe Castagnoli, Dalida Monti
We describe a plausible-speculative form of quantum computation which exploits particle (fermionic, bosonic) statistics, under a generalized, counterfactual interpretation thereof.…
Quantum computation based on particle statistics
Giuseppe Castagnoli, Dalida Monti
In spite of their evident logical character, particle statistics symmetries are not among the inherently quantum features exploited in quantum computation. A difficulty may be that…
A diakoptic approach to quantum computation
Giuseppe Castagnoli, Dalida Monti
In the diakoptic approach, mechanisms are divided into simpler parts interconnected in some standard way (say by a "mechanical connection''). We explore the possibility of applying…
A reductionistic approach to quantum computation
Giuseppe Castagnoli, Dalida Monti
In the reductionistic approach, mechanisms are divided into simpler parts interconnected in some standard way (e.g. by a mechanical transmission). We explore the possibility of por…