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We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

7 November 2017

Quantum computers will be useless if we can't trust their calculations. Now, two teams have programmed quantum systems to detect their own errors
Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates

Maths website stops you being ripped off by your flatmates

16 June 2017

Who pays what in a flat-share is a tricky problem. Results from website Spliddit show the maths of fair division gives the solutions people think are best

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