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Harnessing quantum physics an hour long canadian tv program about quantum computation filmed in 2009 at the perimeter institute, featuring ignacio cirac, daniel gottesman, peter shor, avi wigderson. Dorit aharonov simons institute for the theory of computing. The study of entanglement, or quantum correlations, in noisy quantum computers implies that in some cases the transition from quantum to classical is actually a phase transition. Preskill, john 1998 faulttolerant quantum computers. Quantum computation and quantum information michael a. I would add a shorter introduction dorit aharonov paper on quantum computation. This 10th anniversary edition includes an introduction from the authors setting the work in context. Aharonov graduated from hebrew university of jerusalem with a bsc in. March 27, 2018 acknowledgments in this book i tried to present some of the knowledge and understanding i acquired in my four decades in the eld. Dorit aharonov, wim van dam, julia kempe, zeph landau, seth lloyd, oded regev download pdf. We now have strong theoretical evidence that quantum computers, if built, might be used as a. A partial list includes dorit aharonov, andris ambainis, nabil. Among its many connections to various mathematical and physical areas, it is known due to witten 32 to be. Introduction to quantum computation and information.
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For this i am grateful to scott aaronson, dorit aharonov, morteza alimi, noga alon, sanjeev arora, boaz barak. First class honours, mathematics, university of queensland, 1994 m. This book provides an introduction to the main ideas and techniques of the field of quantum. Vaughan jones zeph landau february 1, 2008 abstract the jones polynomial, discovered in 1984 18, is an important knot invariant in topology. Their book concludes with an explanation of how quantum states can be used to perform remarkable feats of communication, and of how it is possible to protect quantum. We now have strong theoretical evidence that quantum computers, if built, might be used as a dramatically.
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