I will describe how ideas from physics can be used to help design quantum algorithms. I will try to show how these connections can lead to quantum algorithms that may outperform any classical algorithm for the same task.
Recorded at a colloquium held on October 20, 2014, sponsored by the Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley. originally produced as an .mts file in 2014 Speakers: Eddie Farhi.
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