📖 The Beginner's Guide to Quantum Computing
An edition of Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious CC BY 4.0 . Edited by Sunil Tyagi (Oravont Systems LLP, Noida, India). This edition is published online by Oravont Systems LLP ; first edition, November 2024.
The full book, 127 pages including the answers to the odd-numbered exercises. Scroll to read, search for any word, or download the PDF to keep.
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Contents
About this edition Book Description About Prerequisites Learning Objectives Alternative Pathways 1 Introduction to Superposition 1.1 Classical Superposition 1.2 Quantum Superposition 1.3 Big Ideas 1.4 Activities 1.5 Check Your Understanding 2 What Is a Qubit? 2.1 Mathematical Representation of Qubits 2.2 Matrix Representation 2.3 Bloch Sphere 2.4 Physical Realization of Qubits 2.5 Big Ideas 2.6 Check Your Understanding 3 Creating Superposition: The Beam Splitter 3.1 Beam Splitter 3.2 Mach–Zehnder Interferometer 3.3 Big Ideas 3.4 Check Your Understanding 4 Creating Superposition: Stern–Gerlach 4.1 Stern–Gerlach Apparatus 4.2 Measurement Basis 4.3 Geometric Representation of a Basis 4.4 Effect of Measurement 4.5 Big Ideas 4.6 Activities 4.7 Check Your Understanding 5 Quantum Cryptography 5.1 Cryptography Fundamentals 5.2 Classical Cryptography 5.3 BB84 Quantum Key Distribution 5.4 Detecting an Eavesdropper 5.5 Big Ideas 5.6 Activities 5.7 Check Your Understanding 6 Quantum Gates 6.1 Single Qubit Gates 6.2 X (Also Called NOT) Gate 6.3 Hadamard Gate 6.4 Mathematics of the Hadamard Gate 6.5 Z Gate 6.6 Big Ideas 6.7 Activities 6.8 Check Your Understanding 7 Entanglement 7.1 Entanglement Fundamentals 7.2 Hidden Variable Theory 7.3 Multi-Qubit States 7.4 Non-Entangled Systems 7.5 Entangled Systems 7.6 Entangling Particles 7.7 CNOT Gate 7.8 Notation Convention 7.9 Examples 7.10 Big Ideas 7.11 Activities 7.12 Check Your Understanding 8 Quantum Teleportation 8.1 Scanning a Qubit 8.2 Teleportation Protocol 8.3 Big Ideas 8.4 Check Your Understanding 9 Quantum Algorithms 9.1 The Power of Quantum Computing 9.2 Limitations 9.3 Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm 9.4 Quantum Computers Today 9.5 Big Ideas 9.6 Activities 9.7 Check Your Understanding A Probability A.1 Introduction A.2 Combining Probabilities A.3 Histograms A.4 Mean, Median, and Mode A.5 Variance and Standard Deviation B Linear Algebra B.1 Introduction B.2 Scalars, Vectors, and Matrices B.3 Key Word Review B.4 Check Your Understanding Index Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
