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Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...

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This PR adds an implementation of Kadane's Algorithm, an efficient dynamic programming approach to solve the Maximum Subarray Sum problem in O(n) time. Initializes current and global maximum values.