See http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/03/majorana-fermions-are-not-magic.... On 4/14/12, Warren Smith <warren.wds@gmail.com> wrote:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.2792v1.pdf
is a new solid state experimental physics paper hyped as having made a giant step toward building quantum computers. I have, however, no idea whether they really did what they say (I'm not even sure what that even would mean) and whether we shall get quantum computers as consequence.
(Some years ago I once had an email debate with Michael Freedman, fields medalist and major hyper and inventor of "topological quantum computer" concept, and at the time I was arguing his ideas hopeless... it might be interesting to try to resuscitate that argument and see how this new paper affects it...)
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