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Quantum Computing Fundamentals

by Chuck Easttom

June 2021

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384 pages

10h 9m

English

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1.1 What Is Linear Algebra?1.2 Some Basic Algebra1.3 Matrix Math1.4 Vectors and Vector Spaces1.5 Set Theory1.6 SummaryTest Your Skills
2.1 What Are Complex Numbers?2.2 Algebra of Complex Numbers2.3 Complex Numbers Graphically2.4 Vector Representations of Complex Numbers2.5 Pauli Matrices2.6 Transcendental Numbers2.7 SummaryTest Your Skills
3.1 The Journey to Quantum3.2 Quantum Physics Essentials3.3 SummaryTest Your Skills
4.1 Data Structures4.2 Algorithms4.3 Computational Complexity4.4 Coding Theory4.5 Logic Gates4.6 Computer Architecture4.7 SummaryTest Your Skills
5.1 Basic Probability5.2 Set Theory5.3 Information Theory5.4 Quantum Information5.5 SummaryTest Your Skills
6.1 Further with Quantum Mechanics6.2 Quantum Decoherence6.3 Quantum Electrodynamics6.4 Quantum Chromodynamics6.5 Feynman Diagram6.6 SummaryTest Your Skills
7.1 Quantum Entanglement7.2 Interpretation7.3 QKE7.4 SummaryTest Your Skills
8.1 Further with Qubits8.2 Quantum Gates8.3 More with Gates8.4 Quantum Circuits8.5 The D-Wave Quantum Architecture8.6 SummaryTest Your Skills
9.1 Qubits9.2 How Many Qubits Are Needed?9.3 Addressing Decoherence9.4 Topological Quantum Computing9.5 Quantum Essentials9.6 Quantum Networking9.7 SummaryTest Your Skills
10.1 What Is an Algorithm?10.2 Deutsch’s Algorithm10.3 Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm10.4 Bernstein-Vazirani Algorithm10.5 Simon’s Algorithm10.6 Shor’s Algorithm10.7 Grover’s Algorithm10.8 SummaryTest Your Skills
11.1 RSA11.2 Diffie-Hellman11.3 Elliptic Curve11.4 SummaryTest Your Skills
12.1 Asymmetric Cryptography12.2 Specific Algorithms12.3 Specific ApplicationsSummaryTest Your Skills
13.1 Lattice-Based Mathematical Problems13.2 Cryptographic Algorithms13.3 Solving Lattice Problems13.4 SummaryTest Your Skills
14.1 Mathematics14.2 Matsumoto-Imai14.3 Hidden Field Equations14.4 Multivariate Quadratic Digital Signature Scheme (MQDSS)14.5 SFLASH14.6 SummaryTest Your Skills
15.1 Hash Functions15.2 Code-Based Cryptography15.3 Supersingular Isogeny Key Exchange15.4 SummaryTest Your Skills
16.1 Basic Programming Concepts16.2 Getting Started with Q#16.3 Grover’s Algorithm16.4 Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm16.5 Bit Flipping16.6 SummaryTest Your Skills
17.1 Basic Programming Concepts17.2 Getting Started with QASM17.3 Quantum Error Correction17.4 Grover’s Algorithm17.5 Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm17.6 SummaryTest Your Skills

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Dr. Chuck Easttom is the author of 31 books, including several on computer security, forensics, and cryptography. His books are used at more than 60 universities. He has also authored scientific papers (more than 70 so far) on digital forensics, cyber warfare, cryptography, and applied mathematics. He is an inventor with 22 computer science patents. He holds a Doctor of Science in cyber security (dissertation topic: a study of lattice-based cryptographic algorithms for post-quantum computing). He also has a Ph.D. in Technology, focusing on nanotechnology (dissertation title: “The Effects of Complexity on Carbon Nanotube Failures”) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science (dissertation title: “On the Application of Graph Theory to Digital ...