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by reikonomusha 2460 days ago
You can do small chemical simulations easily on a processor like this.
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Really? I haven't seen any molecular simulation proposal that can be run without quantum error correction. I think if there is such a thing it would count as a breakthrough by itself. Any reference?
There are many, many experiments done simulating molecules, from hydrogen dimers to water. Just one example of many:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.10238.pdf

That paper is about using a classical computer to simulate a quantum computing algorithm.

I'm pretty sure OP is talking about an actual, physical, exists-in-reality usage of a quantum computer to do anything meaningful, not theory. There's lot of theory.