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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Paperback – Oct. 23 2000

by Michael A. Nielsen (Author), Isaac L. Chuang (Author)

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In this first comprehensive introduction to the main ideas and techniques of quantum computation and information, Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang ask the question: What are the ultimate physical limits to computation and communication? They detail such remarkable effects as fast quantum algorithms, quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography and quantum error correction. A wealth of accompanying figures and exercises illustrate and develop the material in more depth. They describe what a quantum computer is, how it can be used to solve problems faster than familiar "classical" computers, and the real-world implementation of quantum computers. 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 states against the effects of noise.

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"Quantum Computation and Quantum Information is a challenging text that offers a thorough discussion of the relevant physics and a reference book that guides readers to the original literature...Perhaps the best way to use the book, though, is to ask questions and then search within it for answers. Such a self-guided tour can keep one from getting lost in details and can provide a rewarding journey...Nielsen and Chuang have set a high standard." Science

"Michael Nielsen and Issac L. "Ike" Chuang have produced a highly readable, thorough, and timely survey of the field of theoretical quantum information science. [It] is probably destined to become a standard text for reseachers in this still emerging, rapidly developing field.... [It] is very well written and a pleasure to read." /s Physics Today

"highly readable, thorough, and timely survey of the feild of theorectical quantum information science...probably destained to become a standard text for researchers...The authors rightly choose to examine key issues in depth rather than attempt a mile-wide, inch-deep, catholic approach...is very well written and a pleasure to read." Physics Today Nov 2001

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First-ever comprehensive introduction to the major new subject of quantum computing and quantum information.

About the Author

Dr. Michael Nielsen was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1974, and was educated at the University of Queensland, obtaining postgraduate degrees in mathematics and physics, before being awarded his PhD in physics at the University of New Mexico in 1998. He is currently the Tolman Postdoctoral Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar at the California Institute of Technology

Dr. Isaac Chuang is a native of Louisville, KY. He received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1997, where he was a Hertz Foundation Fellow, and holds two bachelors degrees and one masters degree in physics and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves as a consulting professor at Stanford University. He joined IBM Research in 1998. In November 1999 he was named one of the top 100 young innovators of 1999.

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9780521635035
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978-0521635035
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Cambridge University Press
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Oct. 23 2000
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English
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17.78 x 3.81 x 24.13 cm
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700 pages
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0521635039
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (Oct. 23 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 700 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780521635035
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521635035
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.39 kg
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 3.81 x 24.13 cm

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Dalibor Hrg

Excellent for startup and self-study on QC

Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2003

I'm an undergraduate student in Computer Science, doing my Diploma (BS/MS) thesis on Quantum Computing and Algorithms. One year has passed since I bought this book and I must say that Nielsen and Chuang did an excellent job! The book is outstanding in way of a global approach to the subject. If you are computer scientist, mathematician or physicist and you want some startup information, this is the book you are looking for! Although, the book doesn't assume that you have appropriate background on mathematics or computer science, it will be good that you have some affiliation with linear algebra, tensor calculus and basic computational complexity concepts. The book is excellent for self study and research, containing many exercises. If you want to get into Quantum computing, this could be your first option including some lectures by: Vazirani on Berkeley, Preskill on Calteh and Short Course on Quantum Computing (AMS).
If you are an advanced undergraduate or graduate student, I will prefer Classical and Quantum Computing (AMS) by Kitaev, Shen and Vyalyi. This book will give you mathematical approach on computational complexity-classical computing (first 50 pages), which is needed to continue and understand further concepts of quantum complexity classes and quantum algorithms. Currently, I'm using both books, Kitaev's and Chuang's, and this is an excellent combination. Lot's of mathematics and ideas is covered by these books.
Chuang's and Nielsen's book is something what is worth to have in your library because it represents an information treasure not only on quantum computing but also on quantum information processing experiments and quantum cryptology.

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Mosta McKracken

An organized representation of the field.

Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2002

This is a good book. It's not a great book because the authors try to aim it at everybody at once (computer scientists, mathematicians, and physicists), which makes it lacking in cohesiveness very much. Other than that, its a very good reference for every time you're reading a paper and stumble across something. It can be used for self-study but with some pain. I would suggest that, if you're only interested in the CS aspects of quatum computing, that you get the book 'Introduction to quantum algorithms' along with a good linear algebra book ( a lot come to mind so i cant list here w/out being unfair). That should do the trick without going through a lot of stuff that's in this book.

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Jacob D. B.

Needs solutions to problems!

Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2004

I have over 3 dozen books on the subject and this is by far the clearest. I believe this book to be extremely well written and much clearer than other texts. In addition, the circuit notation used in the text is BY far easier than what is found in a text on Quantum Physics. Also, the way things are stated about general Quantum Theory is so much kinder and more logical than in any other text I have read, both saying the same things only this text explains this painful subject in a nice clean way.
In any case, I believe this to be the best book on the subject. I also recommend Explorations in Quantum Computing (Williams, Clearwater), it is useful since it has many Mathematica Workbooks to simulate Quantum Circuits and that related. Really you need to read many books to understand this subject, but Nielsen and Chuang make a good foundation.
I do agree that this book could be better, as could all texts, but being the best book in a very complicated new area of study is worthy of 5 stars. Simply, this is the best book on the subject that I have seen. If you are trying to teach yourself this material from any book chances are you will fail, but if you must I would get this one first and then the Williams book. Regards.

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Palle E T Jorgensen

Interdisciplinary!

Reviewed in Canada on August 13, 2002

Classical computation follows the model of A. Turing,-- strings of bits, i.e., 0s and 1s; a mathematical model, now called the Turing mashine. Analogues based instead on two-level quantum systems were suggested in the 1980ties by R.P. Feynman and D. Deutsch. But it wasn't until Peter Shor's qubit-factoring algorithm in the mid 1990ties that the subject really took off, and really caught the attention of the math community. That there is a polynomial factoring algorithm shook the encryption community as well, for obvious reasons. New elements of thinking in the quantum realm, and not part of the classical framework, include superposition of (quantum) states, and (quantum) coherence. This makes a drastic change in the whole theoretical framework when one passes from the classical notion of bit-registers to that of qubit-registers. In passing from logic gates to quantum gates(unitary matrices), the concept of switching networks changes. It introduces new challenges, and new truely exciting opportunities. It is not easy for authors to make everyone happy;-- this is especially so in a new field,--one which has grabbed headlines, and one which is at the same time interdisiplinary. In this case, the authors succeed as well as anyone, I believe.-- This lovely book covers several of the appropriate areas of physics (quantum theory, (some) experiment...), of computer science (the mathematical side of the subject), and of math (operators in Hilbert space, and the theory of algorithms);-- each member of the particular scientific specialty has very definite ideas of his/her own subject,-- and that of the others. Nonetheless, in this readers opinion, the two authors did a great job;-- they explain math to the physics community,-- and they sucessfully teach quantum theory and theoretical CS to mathematicians. The book is suitable for grad students: has lots of great exercises, but it could perhaps have used some more worked examples. (Fortunately they can be found in other books on quantum computation.) The Nielsen-Chuang book is most certainly a great entry for students into this exciting new subject. There are other books,-- but they, for the most part, take a more narrow view. The material in Nielsen-Chuang is timeless,-- and I expect the book will also be popular ten years from now.

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Berufspenner

Umfassende Referenz

Reviewed in Germany on September 28, 2012

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Gut 12 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage dieses Buches scheint es bisher kein anderes geschafft zu haben dieses Werk von seinem Platz als erste Referenzquellen zu verdrängen. In der Tat stellt dieses fast 700 Seiten umfassende Buch ein starkes Fundament im Bereich des Quantum Computing dar. Allerdings ist die Lektüre dieses Buches auch nicht ganz einfach. Zumindest nicht, wenn man keine Vorkenntnisse in den Grundlagen von Quantenrechnern hat. Für einen grundlegenden Einstieg in die Thematik bietet es sich daher an, erst z.B. auf das Buch von Homeister zurück zu greifen. Sitzen die Grundlagen, dann ist dieses Buch ideal für alle weiteren und fortgeschrittenen Studien und in diesem Fall auch für das Selbststudium.

Das Buch soll Physiker und Informatiker, damit aber auch Ingenieuren, gleichermaßen dienlich sein. Da viele Grundlagen, wenn auch wie angesprochen in eher kurzer Form, vermittelt werden, soll der erste Teil auch ohne einschlägigen Hintergrund möglich sein.

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Dalibor Hrg

Excellent for startup on QC

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2003

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I'm an undergraduate student in Computer Science, doing my Diploma (BS/MS) thesis on Quantum Computing and Algorithms. If you are computer scientist, mathematician or physicist and you want some startup information, this is the book you are looking for. Although, the book doesn't assume that you have appropriate background on mathematics or computer science, it will be good that you have some affiliation with linear algebra, tensor calculus and basic computational complexity concepts. The book is excellent for self study and research, containing many exercises. Another more mathematical book is Classical and Quantum Computing (AMS) by Kitaev, Shen and Vyalyi. It cannot complement the first book but it will give you precise mathematical approach on computational complexity-classical computing (first 50 pages), which is needed to continue and understand concepts of quantum complexity classes and quantum algorithms.

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jolcad

book

Reviewed in Germany on April 21, 2014

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the book is in a very good condition. thanks.
but we had to wait a little bit more than expected.

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J. R. Iglesias

Complete and didactical

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2007

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It is a book for specialists. In order to fully appreciate the contents you should have a physics, maths or computation science diploma. It contains a good introduction on Quantum mechanics, but for people that have already assited an introductory course on the field. Concerning the main subject: quantum computation, this book is the most complete review of the field and also suitable for a course on QC.

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"makihata_n"

少し背伸びをして・・

Reviewed in Japan on February 1, 2005

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　この本は、量子コンピュータに関する入門書として最適です。とにかく情報が多い！。量子ビットから始まり、量子力学の基礎・実際の量子コンピュータの実現方法（ＮＭＲ、イオントラップ等）・量子通信までも記載されています。
　また、量子コンピュータを本格的に勉強したい方にもお勧めです。この本を読めば「読み物」から脱することができるでしょう。
　英語が苦手でも、少し背伸びをして読んでみては？

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