I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum physics.
—Richard Feynman
Present-day computers work on the principles of classical mechanics. Imagine a coin in the classical regime. When we toss the coin, it can take up either of these two states: “head” (H) or “tail” (T). However, in a quantum world, a coin, or rather a quantum one, can exist in both the states “head” and “tail” simultaneously. This property of quantum mechanical objects—existing in multiple states simultaneously—is known as superposition . Similarly, quantum mechanical ...