Book description
A self-contained treatment of the fundamentals of quantum computing
This clear, practical book takes quantum computing out of the realm of theoretical physics and teaches the fundamentals of the field to students and professionals who have not had training in quantum computing or quantum information theory, including computer scientists, programmers, electrical engineers, mathematicians, physics students, and chemists. The author cuts through the conventions of typical jargon-laden physics books and instead presents the material through his unique "how-to" approach and friendly, conversational style.
Readers will learn how to carry out calculations with explicit details and will gain a fundamental grasp of:
*Quantum mechanics
*Quantum computation
*Teleportation
*Quantum cryptography
*Entanglement
*Quantum algorithms
*Error correction
A number of worked examples are included so readers can see how quantum computing is done with their own eyes, while answers to similar end-of-chapter problems are provided for readers to check their own work as they learn to master the information.
Ideal for professionals and graduate-level students alike, Quantum Computing Explained delivers the fundamentals of quantum computing readers need to be able to understand current research papers and go on to study more advanced quantum texts.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION THEORY
- 2 QUBITS AND QUANTUM STATES
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3 MATRICES AND OPERATORS
- Observables
- The Pauli Operators
- Outer Products
- The Closure Relation
- Representations of Operators Using Matrices
- Outer Products and Matrix Representations
- Matrix Representation of Operators in Two-Dimensional Spaces
- Definition: The Pauli Matrices
- Hermitian, Unitary, And Normal Operators
- Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
- Spectral Decomposition
- The Trace Of An Operator
- Important Properties of the Trace
- The Expectation Value of an Operator
- Projection Operators
- POSITIVE OPERATORS
- Commutator Algebra
- The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
- Polar Decomposition and Singular Values
- The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
- Exercises
- 4 TENSOR PRODUCTS
- 5 THE DENSITY OPERATOR
- 6 QUANTUM MEASUREMENT THEORY
- 7 ENTANGLEMENT
- 8 QUANTUM GATES AND CIRCUITS
- 9 QUANTUM ALGORITHMS
- 10 APPLICATIONS OF ENTANGLEMENT: TELEPORTATION AND SUPERDENSE CODING
- 11 QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY
- 12 QUANTUM NOISE AND ERROR CORRECTION
- 13 TOOLS OF QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY
- 14 ADIABATIC QUANTUM COMPUTATION
- 15 CLUSTER STATE QUANTUM COMPUTING
- References
- Index
Product information
- Title: Quantum Computing Explained
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2007
- Publisher(s): Wiley-IEEE Press
- ISBN: 9780470096994
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