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Reversible computation

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A reversible computation has an injective transition function, so its preceding configuration can be recovered from its current configuration. Any finite classical computation can be simulated reversibly while retaining enough workspace to uncompute its temporary results.
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A reversible circuit is composed of bijective gates. The Toffoli gate is universal for reversible Boolean computation when ancillary bits are available.

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