Quantum Computing for Dummies

Chillers writes "There seems to be a need for an undergraduate text on Quantum Computing. I've had a go at writing one, but in my opinion, it still needs work. The book is available available online (pdf) and any comments would be greatly appreciated."

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Re:Do I get college credit....

[erichill]

Thorough indeed.

I was looking at the math section and glad to find an introduction to unitarity, but I wonder if someone who needs an introduction to complex numbers, polynomials, matrices, etc., is going to be able to absorb quantum mechanics in the same read. However, since my mathematical background only covers the first n, where n < page_count, pages of that chapter, it's probably a good call not to make assumptions and start from the beginning. Besides many of us with mathematical backgrounds, like me, get rusty after years of work which doesn't call for much math.

I heartily agree with other posts that this stuff looks like good wikipaedia fodder, probably across many entries. I also wonder if some of this might be able to contribute to Eric Weisstein's sites. He still has quite a few entries that can be added to.