Quantum computing, from Alice to Bob / Alice Flarend, Bob Hilborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flarend, Alice, author.

Hilborn, Bob, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2022

Summary:

A distinctive and accessible introduction to quantum information science and quantum computing, this textbook provides a solid conceptual and formal understanding of quantum states and entanglement for undergraduate students and upper-level secondary school students with little or no background in physics, computer science, or mathematics.

Contents:

Titlepage 1 Introduction Further Reading 2 Traditional Computing Chapter Summary Further Reading 3 Traditional Bits in New Clothing Chapter Summary Further Reading 4 Qubits and Quantum States Chapter Summary Further Reading 5 Quantum Measurements Chapter Summary Further Reading Online videos 6 Quantum Gates and Quantum Circuits Chapter Summary Further Reading 7 Putting a Spin on Spin Chapter Summary Further Reading 8 Your Basis, My Basis Chapter Summary Further Reading 9 Multi-Qubit Systems, Entanglement, and Quantum Weirdness Chapter Summary Further Reading 10 Quantum Circuits and Multi-Qubit Applications Chapter Summary Further Reading 11 Quantum Computing Algorithms Chapter Summary Further Reading 12 More Quantum Algorithms Chapter Summary Further Reading 13 RSA Encryption and the Shor Factoring Algorithm Chapter Summary Further Reading 14 Fundamental Quantum Issues Chapter Summary Further Reading 15 Complexifying Quantum States Chapter Summary Further Reading 16 Present and Future QIS and QC Chapter Summary Further Reading Quantum Toolkit

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-194876-4

0-19-267270-3