Ultimate zero and one. Computing at the quantum frontier

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Authors Colin P. Williams, Scott H. Clearwater

Publication date 18 August 1999

zbMATH Keywords

quantum computing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to computer science (68-01) Data encryption (aspects in computer science) (68P25)

Review text

This book takes the readers on a guided tour of the developments leading to today's latest results in advanced computing. With the ever-decreasing size of computer components, computing is inevitably marching towards quantum computing. Ultimately the classical physics that has dominated the design of the components will no longer hold and the new paradigm of quantum computing -- a new kind of programming logic and a new physical substrate for hardware -- will takeover. The neat logic of ones and zeroes is replaced by fuzzier notion of entangled oneness and zeroes. But it is precisely this cloudiness that leads to the fascinating capabilities of quantum computers -- computers that not only can compute faster but also can compute what is incompatible with today's computer. In the first chapter quantum computing, the destiny of computers, is introduced. Chapter 2 provides the reader with some background in the principles behind quantum computing. Chapter 3 explores how quantum computers can out perform today's classical computers. Chapter 4 discusses the first application of quantum computing-how quantum computers can be used to break codes with unprecedented speed. In Chapter 5 the concept of randomness and how true randomness can be harnessed with a quantum computer are discussed. Chapter 6 shows how quantum computing can detect whether some one is eavesdropping on our secret messages. Chapter 7 describes the application of teleportation. In Chapter 8 the problem of maintaining the delicate conditions necessary to perform quantum computation in a reliable fashion is considered. In the last chapter a number of actual quantum computing devices and the outlook for the future are discussed. This is a well written book and is an excellent introduction to the field of quantum computing.

Recommendations

• Explorations in quantum computing
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• Quantum bits and quantum secrets. How quantum physics is revolutionizing codes and computers.
• Quantum computing from the ground up

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