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Apparently, all you need in life are Toffoli gates, because who needs complex algorithms or real-world applications when you have...math equations! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿค“ In a twist, this article turns into a mind-numbing #listicle of everything you'd rather avoid at a party. ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ”ข
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/04/06/tofolli-gates/ #ToffoliGates #MathEquations #PartyFails #QuantumComputing #HackerNews #ngated
Toffoli gates are all you need

Any Boolean function can be computed with Tofolli gates, and Tofolli gates are reversible, and so any Boolean function can be computed reversibly.

John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting