Atlas library · 10 verified sources

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Every record points to a primary paper or authoritative public source. Its annotation says why it is included, not that the Atlas endorses every conclusion of the source.

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Quantum Information Science

NASA · 2025

Authoritative public orientation on quantum information science and its research context.

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Polynomial-Time Algorithms for Prime Factorization and Discrete Logarithms on a Quantum Computer

Peter W. Shor · 1995

Primary source for the factoring and discrete-logarithm algorithm.

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A Fast Quantum Mechanical Algorithm for Database Search

Lov K. Grover · 1996

Primary source for amplitude-amplification search.

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Simulating physics with computers

Richard P. Feynman · 1982

Foundational source for quantum simulation as a motivation for quantum computation.

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Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond

John Preskill · 2018

Defines the NISQ framing and its limitations.

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Surface codes: Towards practical large-scale quantum computation

Austin G. Fowler et al. · 2012

Primary technical overview of surface-code fault tolerance.

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Quantum error correction below the surface code threshold

Google Quantum AI and collaborators · 2025

Experimental report of below-threshold surface-code memories; it does not demonstrate a general-purpose fault-tolerant computer.

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Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor

Frank Arute et al. · 2019

Experimental demonstration of random-circuit sampling on a superconducting processor.

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Trapped-ion quantum computing: Progress and challenges

Colin D. Bruzewicz et al. · 2019

Peer-reviewed review of trapped-ion hardware and its challenges.

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Quantum Information Science and Technology Roadmap

U.S. Department of Energy · 2024

Authoritative systems-level account of hardware, algorithms, error correction, and applications.

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