NEVER MISS AN OXFORD SALE (SIGN UP HERE) |   VIEW BASKET
 
 
Advanced Search
Need Help?

An Introduction to Quantum Computing

Phillip Kaye, Raymond Laflamme, and Michele Mosca

Price: £87.00 (Hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-857000-4
Publication date: 16 November 2006
288 pages, numerous line drawings, 234x156 mm

A sample of this book is available in PDF format

Comment on this title Comment on this title
There is an alternative edition

Ordering
Individual customers:
order by phone, post, or fax

Teachers in UK and European schools (and FE colleges in the UK):
order by phone, post, or fax

Description
  • Assumes basic background in mathematics and computer science
  • Emphasis on pedagogical presentation of concepts
  • Clear, explanatory diagrams are provided throughout
  • Contains numerous integrated exercises
This concise, accessible text provides a thorough introduction to quantum computing - an exciting emergent field at the interface of the computer, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences. Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in these disciplines, the text is technically detailed and is clearly illustrated throughout with diagrams and exercises. Some prior knowledge of linear algebra is assumed, including vector spaces and inner products. However, prior familiarity with topics such as quantum mechanics and computational complexity is not required.

Readership: Undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering

Contents
Preface
1. Introduction and background
2. Linear algebra and the Dirac notation
3. Qubits and the framework of quantum mechanics
4. A quantum model of computation
5. Superdense coding and quantum teleportation
6. Introductory quantum algorithms
7. Algorithms with super-polynomial speed-up
8. Algorithms based on amplitude amplification
9. Quantum computational complexity theory and lower bounds
10. Quantum error correction
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Authors, editors, and contributors


Phillip Kaye, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,
Raymond Laflamme, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and
Michele Mosca, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada


Links to web resources and related information
More in the same subject area:
Mathematics
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics
Computing and information technology
Logic
Engineering: general

The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.

 
Privacy Policy and Legal Notice
Content and Graphics copyright Oxford University Press, 2008. All rights reserved.