This book provides a selfcontained undergraduate course on quantum computing based on classroomtested lecture notes. It reviews the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the doubleslit experiment to entanglement, before progressing to the basics of qubits, quantum gates, quantum circuits, quantum key distribution, and some of the famous quantum algorithms. As well as covering quantum gates in depth, it also describes promising platforms for their physical implementation, along with error correction, and topological quantum computing. With quantum computing expanding rapidly in the private sector, understanding quantum computing has never been so important for graduates entering the workplace or PhD programs. Assuming minimal background knowledge, this book is highly accessible, with rigorous stepbystep explanations of the principles behind quantum computation, further reading, and endofchapter exercises, ensuring that undergraduate students in physics and engineering emerge well prepared for the future.
This book provides a selfcontained undergraduate course on quantum computing based on classroomtested lecture notes. It reviews the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the doubleslit experiment to entanglement, before progressing to the basics of qubits, quantum gates, quantum circuits, quantum key distribution, and some of the famous quantum algorithms. As well as covering quantum gates in depth, it also describes promising platforms for their physical implementation, along with error correction, and topological quantum computing. With quantum computing expanding rapidly in the private sector, understanding quantum computing has never been so important for graduates entering the workplace or PhD programs. Assuming minimal background knowledge, this book is highly accessible, with rigorous stepbystep explanations of the principles behind quantum computation, further reading, and endofchapter exercises, ensuring that undergraduate students in physics and engineering emerge well prepared for the future.
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