We just covered someones car in physics equations and various physics related material:
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~cornick/
(check the bottom of the page)
It included the greatest pun ever
"physicists do it with models".
I just got back from the 15th Mid-Atlantic GO championship about 30 minutes ago where we discussed this. (Images on my site).
Apparently the largest GO board that's 'solved' is 5x5.
One could imagine building a quantum computer that could solve a larger board using 3 state q-bits (q-trits?) -1 = black stone, 0 = empty, 1 = white stone. Then a simple 361 'q-trit' system could represent a 19x19 board. (And be in a superposition of all states at once).
Just a thought, though the quantum computing guys I work with would probably have a fit about what I just said.
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We just covered someones car in physics equations and various physics related material: http://www.glue.umd.edu/~cornick/ (check the bottom of the page) It included the greatest pun ever "physicists do it with models".
I just got back from the 15th Mid-Atlantic GO championship about 30 minutes ago where we discussed this. (Images on my site). Apparently the largest GO board that's 'solved' is 5x5. One could imagine building a quantum computer that could solve a larger board using 3 state q-bits (q-trits?) -1 = black stone, 0 = empty, 1 = white stone. Then a simple 361 'q-trit' system could represent a 19x19 board. (And be in a superposition of all states at once). Just a thought, though the quantum computing guys I work with would probably have a fit about what I just said.