There is a fundamental limit to the knowability of the universe. There is a fundamental limit to the knowability of the universe. The Heisenberg uncertainty principle tells us that the more precisely ...

Superposition is nothing more than addition for waves. Let's say we have two sets of waves that overlap in space and time. At any given point, a trough may line up with a peak, their peaks may line up ...

(a) Proportion of excited modes (left) and the behavior with the evolution distance (right) when exciting the lattice from one corner. (b) Proportion of excited modes (left) and the behavior with the ...

Quantum computing is all about controlling quantum states. Lately, news has been coming out about quantum computers computing stuff, with the underlying ability to control things taken for granted.

The Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics is an official publication of the Brazilian Statistical Association and is supported by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Starting in ...

Receive emails about upcoming NOVA programs and related content, as well as featured reporting about current events through a science lens. Quantum mechanics says not merely that the world is ...

where \(\mathsf{G}(\cdot)\) is some convex operator and \(\mathcal{F}\) is as set of feasible input distributions. Examples of such an optimization problem include finding capacity in information ...