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Title: Quantum Computing

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1415361
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-31406
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; Computer Science

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Pakin, Scott D. Quantum Computing. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.2172/1415361.
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title = {Quantum Computing},
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year = {Wed Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2017},
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