15 Sep
2017
15 Sep
'17
8:51 a.m.
On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 19:34:08 +1200, Michael Cree wrote:
The probability of it returning true (or false) is dependent on the mixture. That's most certainly not analogue: it's something fundamentally different.
Call it “stochastic analog” or “Monte Carlo analog”, then. “Monte Carlo” simulations are nothing new in the digital world. See also “simulated annealing”. Put it this way: if quantum computers really were digital, then they could be used to solve number-theoretic problems. But it appears they can’t.