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links for 2009-02-03

By pontiff on February 3, 2009.
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You know what this means though? The thing to really do is economics and quantum.

For instance, I (sincerely) wish that some quantum-computing person would review this book and, in particular, see if there's some sort of exotic derivative that can be priced more efficiently if you have a quantum computer.

Oh, I have that book! I could review the quantum, but not so sure about the finance :)

This is probably as good a place as any for this question. Do you ever think of how to use quantum algorithms to solve poker problems?