Universality in Quantum Computation

We show that in quantum computation almost every gate that operates on two or more bits is a universal gate. We discuss various physical considerations bearing on the proper definition of universality for computational components such as logic gates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deutsch, D, Barenco, A, Ekert, A
Format: Journal article
Published: 1995
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