When it comes to studying transportation systems, stock markets and the weather, quantum mechanics is probably the last thing to come to mind. We have just demonstrated a proof of principle experiment that shows when it comes simulating such complex processes in the macroscopic world, quantum mechanics can provide an unexpected advantage – by drastically reducing the amount of hard drive space needed to simulate their future behaviour. The work is published in Science Advances:
- Matthew S. Palsson, Mile Gu, Joseph Ho, Howard M. Wiseman, G. J. Pryde, Experimentally modelling stochastic processes with less memory by the use of a quantum processor
