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Quantum Chemistry's Classical Limits with Garnet Chan
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- Apr 20, 2026
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Summary
One of the most-cited arguments for near-term quantum advantage in chemistry just got a rigorous classical answer — from one of the world's leading quantum chemists. Garnet Chan's group at Caltech solved the FeMo-cofactor ground-state energy problem classically, to chemical accuracy, using tensor networks and coupled cluster methods. If you've heard that quantum computers are uniquely needed to simulate nitrogen fixation, this episode will sharpen — and complicate — that picture.