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I'm a professor in the Mathematics Dept. at M.I.T. I mostly work on quantum computation, quantum information, and quantum complexity, but I am also interested in other areas of theoretical computer science and mathematics.

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180 Where were “should”, “shall”, and “must” in the 18th Century? Aug 28 '11
138 Why are 'student' and 'suspend' not pronounced as written? Nov 24 '14
110 Why is there no “autumntime” or “falltime”? Jul 15 '14
103 Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object? May 2 '11
101 “Whatever a Russian does, they end up making the Kalashnikov gun”? Are there any similar proverbs in English? Apr 24 '19
82 A word like ethereal that also means quickly vanishing Feb 6 '20
80 What word means “to make something obsolete”? Apr 28 '19
74 What is the proper plural form of 'apparatus'? Jan 25 '14
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