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Subject: Re: Solving chess

Author: Janosch Zwerensky

Date: 09:31:44 08/02/05

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>It is claimed that quantum computers can solve the problem in O(n^0.5) and not
>in O(n) and it is against my common sense.

Who said that quantum theory and its consequences need be in agreement with
common sense? ;)
A quite accessible description of the quantum algorithm underlying fast
unordered database searches can for example be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover's_algorithm .

Regards,
Janosch



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