Introduction

In the last few years, the discussion of quantum computers has escaped from the research universities and labs into the mainstream. This is an excellent development. As a physics-engineering dual major who has spent most of his career implementing cutting-edge technology in medium-sized organizations, I got excited when I heard about quantum computing and the D-Wave Leap program in 2018. In 2019, I shifted my career to quantum computing and jumped in with both feet. I found the concepts, achievements, and the whole discipline fascinating. This discipline called upon so much of my past background in mathematics, materials, entropy, quantum mechanics, and so on. A lot of the scientific work in bringing quantum computing out of the ...

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