CSS code

Summary

Key Facts

• Robert Calderbank is named after CSS code^[1].
• Peter Shor is named after CSS code^[2].
• Andrew Steane is named after CSS code^[3].
• CSS code is a type of stabilizer code^[4].

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Definition and Type

CSS code is a type of stabilizer code^[4].

Origins

Things named after include Robert Calderbank^[1], a mathematician^[5], b. 1954^[6], of United Kingdom^[7], awarded the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal^[8], specialised in applied mathematics^[9]; Peter Shor^[2], a mathematician^[10], b. 1959^[11], of United States^[12], awarded the MacArthur Fellows Program^[13], specialised in computer science^[14]; and Andrew Steane^[3], a physicist^[15], b. 1965^[16], awarded the Maxwell Medal and Prize^[17], specialised in quantum physics^[18].