PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM COMPUTATION AND INFORMATION: A COMPREHENSIVE TEXTBOOK

Quantum computation and information is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary field It is not easy to understand its fundamental concepts and central results without facing numerous technical details This book provides the reader with a useful guide In particular the initial chapters offer a simple and selfcontained introduction no previous knowledge of quantum mechanics or classical computation is requiredVarious important aspects of quantum computation and information are covered in depth starting from the foundations the basic concepts of computational complexity energy entropy and information quantum superposition and entanglement elementary quantum gates the main quantum algorithms quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography up to advanced topics like entanglement measures quantum discord quantum noise quantum channels quantum error correction quantum simulators and tensor networksIt can be used as a broad range textbook for a course in quantum information and computation both for upperlevel undergraduate students and for graduate students It contains a large number of solved exercises which are an essential complement to the text as they will help the student to become familiar with the subject The book may also be useful as general education for readers who want to know the fundamental principles of quantum information and computation and who have the basic background acquired from their undergraduate course in physics mathematics or computer science as well as for researchers interested in some of the latest spinoff of the field including the use of quantum information in the theories of manybody systems