With superposition and phase kickback in our toolbelt, we finally have what we need to start solving some real problems.

It’s not just a phase! One tool that QC gives us is an entirely new dimension to work with, which we call phase.

In the last few posts I’ve been talking about various gates and some of the math behind them, but despite the title of this series there has been little actual programming. We now have enough components to make a basic quantum calculation. Let’s go!

My friend, Greg Swan, a social media marketing guru, decided to buy an old-skool fax machine and asked folks to send him faxes. He’s been getting some very creative and hilarious responses. Yesterday, I had a thought, “what if I made a Choose Your Own Adventure game via fax?!” Here’s how it all came together.

In part 4 we’re going to go over the logical internals of some of these gates to see how each gate manupilates a qubit’s probability of being a 0 or 1.

In part 3 we’ll introduce some of the math behind qubits.