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Dancing with Qubits

Dancing with Qubits

By : Robert S. Sutor
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Dancing with Qubits

Dancing with Qubits

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By: Robert S. Sutor

Overview of this book

Dancing with Qubits, Second Edition, is a comprehensive quantum computing textbook that starts with an overview of why quantum computing is so different from classical computing and describes several industry use cases where it can have a major impact. A full description of classical computing and the mathematical underpinnings of quantum computing follows, helping you better understand concepts such as superposition, entanglement, and interference. Next up are circuits and algorithms, both basic and sophisticated, as well as a survey of the physics and engineering ideas behind how quantum computing hardware is built. Finally, the book looks to the future and gives you guidance on understanding how further developments may affect you. This new edition is updated throughout with more than 100 new exercises and includes new chapters on NISQ algorithms and quantum machine learning. Understanding quantum computing requires a lot of math, and this book doesn't shy away from the necessary math concepts you'll need. Each topic is explained thoroughly and with helpful examples, leaving you with a solid foundation of knowledge in quantum computing that will help you pursue and leverage quantum-led technologies.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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I Foundations
8
II Quantum Computing
14
III Advanced Topics
18
Afterword
22
Other Books You May Enjoy
23
References
24
Index
Appendices

8.4 The cat

In 1935, physicist Erwin Schrödinger (Figure 8.2) proposed a thought experiment that would spawn close to a century of profound scientific and philosophical thought and many bad jokes. Our explanation of the fate of Schrödinger’s cat uses several qubits and CNOT gates. Schrödinger, Erwin Schrödinger’s$cat

 Figure 8.2: Erwin Schrödinger in 1933

Thought experiments are common among mathematicians and scientists. The basic premise is that the idea is not something you would really do but something you want to think through to understand the implications and consequences.

Schrödinger’s experiment was his attempt to show how the Copenhagen interpretation promoted by Niels Bohr (Figure 8.3) and Werner Heisenberg in the late 1920s could lead to a ridiculous conclusion for large objects. 80 This interpretation is one of the popular ideas for how and why quantum mechanics...

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