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[โ€“] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Quantum states is physics, not math.

And mathematically a probabilistic theorem is still a theorem.

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, but physics is math with more variables.

But there's plenty of math related to quantum states that can make sense, such as if you know a given machine will give the right answer 51% of the time, and you want to know how many iterations you'll need to get a certain confidence that you are seeing the correct answer. That's basic statistics, which is also math, but it's relevant to quantum states in that you're evaluating a computing system based on qubits.