Equation 15 · Part 5 · A Horizon Is a Toll Booth, Not a Loophole
Symbol t
What this part means
t is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Its job in the formula
t is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
Full expression→Symbol t→Article meaning
The passage around this formula
…that for a periodic evolution this rate integrates cleanly: a system with mean energy H- above its ground state can pass through at most . mutually orthogonal states in elapsed time t [ 3 ] . Lloyd used the same bound to price computation itself: no amount of clever engineering lets a system with energy E execute logical operations faster than about 2E/ per second, a ceiling with nothing to do with any particular hardware [ 5 ] .
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A function assigns an output to each allowed input. The expression f(x) means “apply f to x”.
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