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 * **[how quantum teleportation works, by m. nielsen](https://quantum.country/teleportation)**
 * **[quantum scrambling and teleportation, by v. omole](https://vtomole.com/blog/2019/06/08/scrambling)**
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+### decoherence and quantum error correction
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+* **[scheme for reducing decoherence in quantum computer memory, by p. shor (1995)](https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.52.R2493)** (canonical paper introducing decoherence and quantum error correction)