Theory of Quantum InformationJohn Watrous
Theory of Quantum Information
by John Watrous · first published 2018
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…in Nielsen and Chuang, so I've actually never looked at any other textbooks specifically for quantum computation. If you're interested in more of the information theory aspect, I have heard that "The Theory of Quantum Information" by John Watrous is a good text, but I have not personally read any of it. As for Modern Physics, if you have the math prerequisites and you want a broad overview, the series of textbooks by Landau and…
on “Ask HN: Quantum Computation, Computers and Programming” ↗tl;dr: Quantum computers are not only interesting for their practical applications, but also for furthering our understanding of Quantum mechanics. I had a similar feeling until I took a course on 'Theory of Quantum Information'. It cleared up some reservations I had about problems of Quantum Computing, e.g. error correction, and showed, that these are solvable (at least in theory). But more important, the lectures made it…
on “Ask HN: What has quantum computing achieved so far?” ↗