Quantum Computing for Everyone
by Chris Bernhardt · first published 2019
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Quantum computing is a beautiful fusion of quantum physics with computer science. It incorporates some of the most stunning ideas of physics from the twentieth century into an entirely new way of thinking about computation. Quantum Computing is appearing more and more in the news: China teleported a qubit from earth to a satellite; Shor's algorithm has put our current encryption methods at risk; quantum key distribution will make encryption safe again; Grover's algorithm will speed-up data searches. But what does all this really mean? How does it all work? This book explains quantum computing
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Discrete Mathematics By Oscar Levin https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3.html No bullshit guide to discrete math. I have never seen any regular math textbook can explain stuff better than this. --- Quantum Computing for Everyone By Chris Bernhardt https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539531/quantum-computing-for... The easiest to follow quantum computing introductory textbook. --- Matters and Interaction By Ruth Chabay, Bruce…
on “Ask HN: What's the best textbook or video lectures on a topic you've come seen?” ↗I am enjoying "Quantum Computing for Everyone". It's by an MIT math professor, and is certainly for "everyone" . . . who wants to learn quantum techniques for linear algebra (e.g., everyone who wants to do some serious work).
on “Ask HN: What should I read while offline for a year?” ↗…bigger. Forced beliefs, quantum super positions, and the existential dread of repeatedly facing your own non-existence. It's second only to Permutation City in my Egan tier list. That book led me to Quantum Computing for Everyone. It's good so far, but more work than expected to follow along being that I'm dumb. Since the question is what are you reading (not what have you read): Ant-Kind by Charlie Kaufman. It's too soon to…
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