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The race is on to construct the first quantum code breaker, as the winner will hold the key to the entire Internet. From international, multibillion-dollar financial transactions to top-secret government communications, all would be vulnerable to the secret-code-breaking ability of the quantum computer.
Written by a renowned quantum physicist closely involved in the U.S. governmentâs development of quantum information science, SchrÃdingerâs Killer App: Race to Build the Worldâs First Quantum Computer presents an inside look at the governmentâs quest to build a quantum computer capable of solving complex mathematical problems and hacking the public-key encryption codes used to secure the Internet. The killer application refers to Shorâs quantum factoring algorithm, which would unveil the encrypted communications of the entire Internet if a quantum computer could be built to run the algorithm. SchrÃdingerâs notion of quantum entanglementâand his infamous catâis
