Grant Sanderson

Grant Sanderson

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How Pi Connects Colliding Blocks to a Quantum Search Algorithm

By Grant Sanderson

January 21, 2020

A curious physicist has discovered an unexpected link between theoretical block collisions and a famed quantum search algorithm.

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Grant Sanderson is the creator of 3blue1brown, a YouTube channel which explains and animates many different topics in math.

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