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Introduction to Quantum Computers

By Gary D. Doolen , Ronnie Mainieri , Vldimir I. Tsifrinovich , Gennady P. Berman

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
1998
ISBN
9789810234904, 9810234902
LCC
QA76.889 .I54 1998
Open Library ID
OL362993M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7756062 bytes)
Pages
197\197
Topic
Computers
Library
Great Science Textbooks
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Quantum computing promises to solve problems which are intractable on digital computers. Highly parallel quantum algorithms can decrease the computational time for some problems by many orders of magnitude. This important book explains how quantum computers can do these amazing things. Several algorithms are illustrated: the discrete Fourier transform, Shor's algorithm for prime factorization; algorithms for quantum logic gates; physical implementations of quantum logic gates in ion traps and in spin chains; the simplest schemes for quantum error correction; correction of errors caused by imperfect resonant pulses; correction of errors caused by the nonresonant actions of a pulse; and numerical simulations of dynamical behavior of the quantum Control-Not gate. An overview of some basic elements of computer science is presented, including the Turing machine, Boolean algebra, and logic gates. The required quantum ideas are explained.

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