Equation 27 · Part 1 · Error Correction Is the Whole Problem in Quantum Computing

Symbol P_L

P_L(d) \;\approx\; A \left( \frac{p}{p_{\mathrm{th}}} \right)^{\left\lfloor (d+1)/2 \right\rfloor} ,

P_L

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$P_L$ is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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$P_L$ is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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The practical form of the promise is a scaling law. Below threshold, the logical error rate per round of a distance- d code falls approximately as $P_L(d) \;\approx\; A \left( \frac{p}{p_{\mathrm{th}}} \right)^{\left\lfloor (d+1)/2 \right\rfloor}$ . so that each increase of the code distance by two multiplies the protection by a factor conventionally written

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