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Although quantum gates are at the center of quantum computing and form the bulk of the statements in any quantum program, they just do three things:
Unlike classical computing, which has a wide range of ways to manipulate data, quantum computing crunches out a solution to hugely complex problems merely by tinkering with qubelets. Looking back at the coin-toss analogy in Quantum Computing in Thirty Seconds, it’s as if you’re tweaking the spinning coins so that they land on the faces corresponding to the correct solution.
Like a fingerprint, each gate has its own distinct matrix, which completely codifies how a quantum state is modified. These matrices essentially document how ...
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