LEADER 03900nam 22005895 450 001 9910254841403321 005 20200704090539.0 010 $a3-319-64807-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-64807-1 035 $a(CKB)4340000000223313 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-64807-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5589097 035 $a(PPN)221254633 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000223313 100 $a20171124d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAdventures in Computer Science $eFrom Classical Bits to Quantum Bits /$fby Vicente Moret-Bonillo 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 198 p. 55 illus., 21 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-319-64806-3 327 $aThe Universe of Binary Numbers -- Back and Forth Computing -- Reversible Architectures -- The Principles of Quantum Mechanics -- Introducing Quantum Computing -- Feynman's Quantum Computer Machine -- Some Quantum Algorithms -- Concluding Remarks -- App. A: Mathematical Background -- App. B: Glossary of Terms Used in the Book. 330 $aThe main focus of this textbook is the basic unit of information and the way in which our understanding of this has evolved over time. In particular the author covers concepts related to information, classical computing, logic, reversible computing, quantum mechanics, quantum computing, thermodynamics and some artificial intelligence and biology, all approached from the viewpoint of computer sciences. The book begins by asking the following nontrivial question: what is a bit? The author then discusses logic, logic gates, reversible computing and reversible architectures, and the concept of disorder. He then tries to establish the relationship between three essential questions that justify quantum approaches in computer sciences: the energy required to perform a real-life computation, the size of current processors, and the reversibility of quantum operations. Based on these concepts, the author establishes the conditions that justify the use of quantum techniques for certain kinds of computational tasks, and he uses formal descriptions and formal argumentations to introduce key quantum mechanical concepts and approaches. The rest of the book is formally different, focusing on practical issues, including a discussion of remarkable quantum algorithms in a treatment based on quantum circuit theory. The book is valuable for graduate students in computer science, and students of other disciplines who are engaged with physical models of information and computing. 606 $aComputers 606 $aQuantum computers 606 $aQuantum theory 606 $aArtificial intelligence 606 $aTheory of Computation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I16005 606 $aQuantum Computing$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M14070 606 $aQuantum Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19080 606 $aArtificial Intelligence$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I21000 615 0$aComputers. 615 0$aQuantum computers. 615 0$aQuantum theory. 615 0$aArtificial intelligence. 615 14$aTheory of Computation. 615 24$aQuantum Computing. 615 24$aQuantum Physics. 615 24$aArtificial Intelligence. 676 $a004 700 $aMoret-Bonillo$b Vicente$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01064561 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254841403321 996 $aAdventures in Computer Science$92538886 997 $aUNINA