Quantum computation and quantum information /
By: Nielsen, Michael A
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Contributor(s): Chuang, Isaac L
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Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000Description: xxv, 676 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521632358; 9780521632355:; 9780521632355; 0521635039 (pbk.); 9780521635035 (pbk.).Subject(s): Quantum mechanics | Computer science -- Mathematics | Mathematical modeling | Quantum computers | Cryptography![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [649]-664) and index.
Fundamental Concepts -- Introduction and overview -- Introduction to quantum mechanics -- Introduction to computer science -- Quantum Computation -- Quantum circuits -- The quantum Fourier transform and its applications -- Quantum search algorithms -- Quantum computers: physical realisation -- Quantum Information -- Quantum noise, open quantum systems, and quantum operations -- Distance measurement for quantum information -- Quantum error-correction -- Entropy and information -- Quantum information theory -- Notes on basic probability theory -- Group theory -- Approximating quantum gates: the Solovay-Kitaev theorem -- Number theory -- Public-key cryptography and the RSA cryptosystem -- Proof of Lieb's theorem.
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?