Quantum mechanical logic for classical computation

A computer implemented method for generating intermediate arithmetic elements from a classical binary data stream, the method comprising:

• receiving a classical binary data stream;
• distributing the classical binary data stream along a plurality of parallel data paths, each data path associated with a respective bit-width;
• forming, for each data path, a plurality of data patterns based on the respective bit-width;
• accumulating, for each data path, statistical values representing occurrences of the data patterns;
• detecting a primary circuit-breaker event based on transitions among the statistical values;
• detecting, subsequent to the primary circuit-breaker event, a final circuit-breaker event based on an absence of remaining null statistical values;
• and
• generating, for each data path, an intermediate arithmetic element comprising the data patterns, the statistical values, and statistical probabilities derived from the statistical values.