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Quantum computation and quantum information

Author: Michael A Nielsen; Isaac L Chuang
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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?
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Michael A Nielsen; Isaac L Chuang
ISBN: 0521632358 9780521632355 0521635039 9780521635035
OCLC Number: 43641333
Description: xxv, 676 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang.
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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?

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A very nice book

by Subbu.sirsi (WorldCat user published 2010-05-19) Excellent Permalink

The book is designed in a very nice way. Even to a layman with a little mathematical knowledge, the book can be an easy reading and exciting. The book is suggestible even to those who want to pursue research in the topic.

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