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Waves

In this video, Rodney Van Meter introduces waves and shows how they move, using a rope as an example.

Our first task in learning how quantum computers work is to understand the basic nature of waves. We are all familiar with the waves at the beach and the ripples in a pond. In this video, we will learn how waves move, and what happens when they reflect.

どのように量子コンピュータが動いているのかということを理解するための最初のステップは、波の基本的な性質を理解することです。海岸の波や池に起こるさざ波を目にすることがあるかと思います。このビデオでは、どのように波が動き、そしてそれらが反射した時どのようなことが起こるのかということについて見ていきます。

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