Less reality, more security
Physics World 22:9 (2009) 28-32
The gambling scholar
Physics World 22:5 (2009) 36-40
Complex and Unpredictable Cardano
ArXiv 0806.0485 (2008)
Abstract:
This purely recreational paper is about one of the most colorful characters of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano, and the discovery of two basic ingredients of quantum theory, probability and complex numbers. The paper is dedicated to Giuseppe Castagnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Back in the early 1990s, Giuseppe instigated a series of meetings at Villa Gualino, in Torino, which brought together few scattered individuals interested in the physics of computation. By doing so he effectively created and consolidated a vibrant and friendly community of researchers devoted to quantum information science. Many thanks for that!Complex and Unpredictable Cardano
(2008)
Requirements for a Quantum Computer
Chapter in Lectures on Quantum Information, (2008) 315-348