Quantum computation and quantum information
Michael A. Nielsen (Author), Isaac L. Chuang (Author)
This is an introduction to the main ideas and techniques of the field of quantum computation and quantum information. It asks the question: what are the ultimate physical limits to computation and communication?
Print Book, English, 2010
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
Textbooks
xxxi, 676 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781107002173, 1107002176
665137861
Part I. Fundamental Concepts: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Introduction to quantum mechanics; 3. Introduction to computer science; Part II. Quantum Computation: 4. Quantum circuits; 5. The quantum Fourier transform and its application; 6. Quantum search algorithms; 7. Quantum computers: physical realization; Part III. Quantum Information: 8. Quantum noise and quantum operations; 9. Distance measures for quantum information; 10. Quantum error-correction; 11. Entropy and information; 12. Quantum information theory; Appendices; References; Index.
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