I don't fully understand IBM's quantum computer stuff.

Very simply, normal computers work, either there's power going through a wire, or not. It's 1, or a 0, they're binary systems. What quantum states allow for is much more complex information to be encoded into a single bit.

>>8058281

sounds dumb

>complex information encoded into a single bit

then it wouldn't be a single bit

>>8058285
Regular computer bit is either a 1 or a 0, on or off. A quantum state can be much more complex than that, because as we know things can be both particle and wave at the same time and the uncertainty about quantum states allows us to encode more information into a much smaller computer. So that's what's exciting about quantum computers.

Don't get me going on this, I'll be here all day, trust me.

>>8058289

why not change the physical structure of microchips instead?

>>8058289
OP here, when I realised some of it could be treated as literal rotations directions, I finally understood.
>using complex numbers just to show an angle
why

>>8058281
Don't worry anon I got your gag, even if the others didn't <3

>>8058310
Th-thanks.

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>>8058289
>quoting Canada's prime minister's answer on quantum computers
You can be here all you want

>>8058278
Yes. Now please send your cv here https://www.linkedin.com/company/brainlet-technologies

>>8058299
Because the imaginary exponents map onto the space of unitary 2x2 matrices and are easier to write.

Don't be down on yourself read a book

>>8058278
normal bit can store one number, zero or 1

qubit can be either 1 or 0, but can store two numbers, p1 and p2.
p1 and p2 are the probabilities that the qubit is 1 or 0.
n qubits can store 2^n numbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_IaVepNDT4