Abstract
In this article we address the influence that R. P. Feynman had in two áreas extremely important for the development of physics nowadays: the dissipation and the quantum computation. In particular, we also describe how these two lines of research connect and teach us how to deal with the limitations of one of the major technological challenges of the moment: the construction of a universal quantum computer. Once again, Feynman appears as the central figure at the origin of the formulation of methods and ideas that guide many researchers working in these areas of knowledge.
Keywords:
quantum dissipation; quantum computation; Feynman; quantum computer