How Quantum Computers Can Fail
Abstract
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We propose and discuss two postulates on the nature of errors in highly correlated noisy physical stochastic systems. The first postulate asserts that errors for a pair of substantially correlated elements are themselves substantially correlated. The second postulate asserts that in a noisy system with many highly correlated elements there will be a strong effect of error synchronization. These postulates appear to be damaging for quantum computers.
33 pages. v.3. substantial changes: mathematical formulation of the conjectures added
33 pages. v.3. substantial changes: mathematical formulation of the conjectures added