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As far as I understand, there are two things required for qubits in quantum computing
1) They're entangled
2) A single qubit does not simply have on/off state, but instead its state is represented by two complex numbers
Point 1 is pretty crucial to quantum computing as far as I understand.
But point 2: this means that the state of a single qubit cannot be represented by an integer, but requires two complex numbers (and k entangled qubits require 2^k complex numbers)?
The question is: what precision is needed for the complex numbers (their real components), if you were to simulate qubits on a conventional computer?
Thanks.
1) They're entangled
2) A single qubit does not simply have on/off state, but instead its state is represented by two complex numbers
Point 1 is pretty crucial to quantum computing as far as I understand.
But point 2: this means that the state of a single qubit cannot be represented by an integer, but requires two complex numbers (and k entangled qubits require 2^k complex numbers)?
The question is: what precision is needed for the complex numbers (their real components), if you were to simulate qubits on a conventional computer?
Thanks.
