Quantum information

Quantum information / Stephen M. Barnett.

Quantum information- the subject- is a new and exciting area of science, which brings together physics, information theory, computer science and mathematics. "Quantum Information"--The book- is based on two successful lecture courses given to advanced undergraduate and beginning postgradua...

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Main Author: Barnett, S. M. (Stephen M.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Oxford master series in physics. Atomic, optical, and laser physics ; 16.
Subjects:
Information theory.
Quantum computers.
Quantum theory.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > Mainframes & Minicomputers.
Information theory
Quantum computers
Quantum theory
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Probability and information; 2 Elements of quantum theory; 3 Quantum cryptography; 4 Generalized measurements; 5 Entanglement; 6 Quantum information processing; 7 Quantum computation; 8 Quantum information theory; A: The equivalence of information and entropy; B: Lagrange multipliers; C: Stirling's approximation; D: The Schmidt decomposition; E: Number theory for cryptography; F: Quantum copying; G: Quantized field modes; H: Position and momentum eigenstates; I: Necessary conditions for a minimum-error POM; J: Complete positivity; K: Hardy's theorem; L: Universal gates.

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