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Record Nr.

UNISA996485660403316

Autore

Ellerhoff Beatrice Marie

Titolo

Calculating with quanta : quantum computer for the curious / / Beatrice Marie Ellerhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden, Germany : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9783658367510

9783658367503

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 40 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Essentials

Disciplina

006.3843

Soggetti

Quantum computing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- What You Can Find in This essential -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Quantum Revolution -- 2.1  Quantum Mechanics in Our Everyday Life -- 2.2  Towards Unimaginable Computing Power -- 3: The Basic Building Blocks of Quantum Computing -- 3.1  From Bits to Quantum Bits -- 3.2  Quantum Advantage Through Entanglement -- 3.3  Quantum Gates and Algorithms -- 4: Quantum Computing Today and Tomorrow -- 4.1  The Search for the Optimal Hardware -- 4.2  The Decoherence Problem -- 4.3  The Future of Quantum Computing -- 5: Summary -- What You Learned from This essentials -- Glossary -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This essential creates a lively and vivid understanding of the processes in quantum computers. It explores the quantum phenomena of entanglement and superposition and how they can be used for computing. Coding of information, explanation of simple algorithms, and possible applications are shown. A glossary at the end of the essentials explains the most important terms.