Daniel Gottesman is a notable theoretical physicist known for his contributions to the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory. He is particularly recognized for devising the Gottesman-Knill theorem, which characterizes a class of quantum operations that can be efficiently simulated on classical computers. His work has had a significant impact on the development of error-correcting codes for quantum computers, particularly the development of stabilizer codes, which are used to protect quantum information from errors.
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