Researchers have successfully used a quantum algorithm to solve a complex century-old mathematical problem long considered ...

In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

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A Los Alamos scientist has shown that quantum computers can be used to “factorize” group representations, a mathematical ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical ...

Since the 1990s, evidence has been growing that quantum computers should be able to solve a range of particularly complex ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the renowned mathematician David Hilbert had a grand ambition to bring a more rigorous, mathematical way of thinking into the world of physics. At the time, physicists ...