Quantum computing for everyone / Chris Bernhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernhardt, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum computing--Popular works.

Quantum computing.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

xviii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]

Summary:

Quantum computing is a beautiful fusion of quantum physics with computer science. It incorporates some of the most stunning ideas of physics from the twentieth century into an entirely new way of thinking about computation. Quantum Computing is appearing more and more in the news: China teleported a qubit from earth to a satellite; Shor's algorithm has put our current encryption methods at risk; quantum key distribution will make encryption safe again; Grover's algorithm will speed-up data searches. But what does all this really mean? How does it all work? This book explains quantum computing to readers comfortable with high school mathematics. This book is aimed at the general reader. It only requires high school mathematics, but still manages to thoroughly explain most of the standard topics. These include quantum teleportation, superdense coding, error correction and quantum algorithms. This is the first book aimed at this market. Other books that cover the same material assume a higher level of mathematical sophistication. This book simplifies that mathematics as much as possible. It proceeds gently with many examples-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Spin

Linear algebra

Spin and qubits

Entanglement

Bell's Inequality

Classical logic, gates, and circuits

Quantum gates and circuits

Quantum algorithms

Impact of quantum computing.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262039253

0262039257

OCLC:

1032288111

Publisher Number:

99983910259

40028910404