Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A note on references
- 1 Cbits and Qbits
- 2 General features and some simple examples
- 3 Breaking RSA encryption
- 4 Searching with a quantum computer
- 5 Quantum error correction
- 6 Protocols that use just a few Qbits
- Appendices
- A Vector spaces: basic properties and Dirac notation
- B Structure of the general 1-Qbit unitary transformation
- C Structure of the general 1-Qbit state
- D Spooky action at a distance
- E Consistency of the generalized Born rule
- F Other aspects of Deutsch's problem
- G The probability of success in Simon's problem
- H One way to make a cNOT gate
- I A little elementary group theory
- J Some simple number theory
- K Period finding and continued fractions
- L Better estimates of success in period finding
- M Factoring and period finding
- N Shor's 9-Qbit error-correcting code
- O A circuit-diagrammatic treatment of the 7-Qbit code
- P On bit commitment
- Index
B - Structure of the general 1-Qbit unitary transformation
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- A note on references
- 1 Cbits and Qbits
- 2 General features and some simple examples
- 3 Breaking RSA encryption
- 4 Searching with a quantum computer
- 5 Quantum error correction
- 6 Protocols that use just a few Qbits
- Appendices
- A Vector spaces: basic properties and Dirac notation
- B Structure of the general 1-Qbit unitary transformation
- C Structure of the general 1-Qbit state
- D Spooky action at a distance
- E Consistency of the generalized Born rule
- F Other aspects of Deutsch's problem
- G The probability of success in Simon's problem
- H One way to make a cNOT gate
- I A little elementary group theory
- J Some simple number theory
- K Period finding and continued fractions
- L Better estimates of success in period finding
- M Factoring and period finding
- N Shor's 9-Qbit error-correcting code
- O A circuit-diagrammatic treatment of the 7-Qbit code
- P On bit commitment
- Index
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- Quantum Computer ScienceAn Introduction, pp. 168 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007