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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

2.8 How hard can that be?

Once you decide to do something, how long does it take you? How much money or other resources does it involve? How do you compare the worst way of doing it with the best?

All these questions come to bear when you try to accomplish tasks on a computer. The point about money may not be obvious, but when running an application, you need to pay for the processing, storage, and memory you use. This is true whether you paid for a more powerful laptop or have ongoing cloud costs.

To end this chapter, we look at classical complexity. We consider sorting and searching and some algorithms for doing these procedures.

2.8.1 Sorting

Sorting involves taking multiple items and putting them in some kind of order. Consider your book collection. You can rearrange them so that the books are on the shelves in ascending alphabetic order by title. Or you can move them around so they are in descending order by the year of publication...

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