libquantum

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Libquantum is a C library quantum mechanics simulator originally focused on virtual quantum computers. It is licensed under the GNU GPL. It was a part of SPEC 2006. The latest version is stated to be [http://www.libquantum.de/files/libquantum-1.1.1.tar.gz v1.1.1] (Jan 2013) on the mailing list, but on the website there is only v0.9.1 from 2007.{{cite web |last1=Weimer |first1=Hendrik |title=[libquantum-users] Release of libquantum 1.1.1 |url=http://lists.enyo.de/pipermail/libquantum-users/2013-January/000029.html}}

An author of libquantum, Hendrik Weimer, has published a paper in Nature about using Rydberg atoms for universal quantum simulation with colleagues, using his own work.{{cite journal |last1=Weimer |first1=Hendrik |last2=Müller |first2=Markus |last3=Lesanovsky |first3=Igor |last4=Zoller |first4=Peter |last5=Büchler |first5=Hans Peter |title=A Rydberg quantum simulator |journal=Nature Physics |date=14 March 2010 |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=382–388 |doi=10.1038/nphys1614|arxiv=0907.1657 |bibcode=2010NatPh...6..382W |s2cid=54710282 }}