[ale] Qubit vs bit

[David Jackson]

So if I'm starting to understand, our cubit could represent as many states
'n' as the algorithm we were employing required, so it would not need to be
limited by a finite number of states for each bit, like 2 for the classical
binary.  So it could be 2^n for each qubit?  So one program would measure
2^64 states per qubit, and another program might specify 2^48 states per
qubit?

Kind of boggles the mind...

On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 9:56 PM Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:

> My  brief scan of the wiki for qubit leads me to believe it's still 0 or
> 1, but with probabilities for each value, so it not just a "not 0 and not 1"
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 21:25 David Jackson via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to understand how superposition alters representing state.
>>
>> I was thinking we're talking it's 3**n  where n is the length of the word
>> length.
>> Where each bit is either "on" "off" or both "on and off"
>> (superposition).  So unless I'm wrong, that would be a "trinary" language
>> to represent state?
>>
>> I've read many articles and watched many YouTubes, but I'm just trying to
>> understand the basic difference between a qubit and a bit in terms of
>> representing state.  I understand that the superposition allows for
>> simultaneous state representation, but doesn't that still limit you to a
>> "trinary" representation of state?  3**n  ??
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Dave
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