“If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.”
—Richard Feynman
In 1981 Richard Feynman proposed the idea that a computer built of quantum mechanical elements obeying quantum mechanical laws can perform efficient simulations of quantum systems. Quantum computing works on the laws of quantum mechanical properties such as superposition, entanglement, and interference. Unlike in classical computing, in quantum computers a register can exist in all possible states at once due to its superposition properties. ...