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Quantum to classical and back

Nature Physics volume 3, pages 593–594 (2007)Cite this article

Quantum mechanics can simulate a classical system evolving in (and towards) thermal equilibrium. This finding adds a further ingredient to the story of what problems a computer — classical or quantum — could possibly master.

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  1. Giuseppe E. santoro and Erio tosatti are at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and CNR-INFM Democritos National Simulation Center, Via Beirut 2-4, Trieste, and at the International sCentre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), PO Box 586, Trieste, Italy. santoro@sissa.it tosatti@sissa.it,

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Santoro, G., Tosatti, E. Quantum to classical and back. Nature Phys 3, 593–594 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys706

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