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Quantum Computing for Dummies

Posted by michael on from the next-big-thing dept.

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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  1. Slashdot post with link to a pdf via a DSL link? by malakai · · Score: 3, Informative

    here, save this kid from being unable to use his DSL for the next 8 hours:

    http://home.swiftdsl.com.au.nyud.net:8090/~chiller s/TOQCv1_0.pdf [Coral Link]

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  2. Do I get college credit.... by elecngnr · · Score: 3, Informative

    is my first response after looking at the PDF.

    Seriously though, giving it a quick look, it seems that is it thorough. As I know something about Shannon and his work, I am interested to see what the implications of quantum computing are wrt channel capacity, entropy, and error correcting codes in general. I have a feeling that will take a more involved reading that I have time for at this moment.

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    1. Re:Do I get college credit.... by erichill · · Score: 3, Interesting
      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.

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  3. Why don't you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...upload it as a Wiki, and let the entire world take a crack at it?

    This process, akin to the open source development process, is how Wikipedia has accumulated so many factually accurate, well researched, and well written articles.

  4. Posted to Other Groups? by runningoutofnickname · · Score: 3, Informative

    Impressive!! Did you also post your request through Google Groups and perhaps some Yahoo! groups? I have found these groups to be excellent sources of advice and resources. For example, one reference was to http://www.rocketscientists.ca, which just happens to keep me within one click of most of the links I happen to like (including links to stories also posted here).

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