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Title

Quantum approach to informatics / Stig Stenholm, Kalle-Antti Suominen.

Author

Stenholm, Stig.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Suominen, Kalle-Antti, 1964-

Description

xii, 238 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Information, whether inscribed as a mark on a stone tablet or encoded as a magnetic domain on a hard drive, must be stored in a physical object and thus made subject to the laws of physics. Traditionally, information processing such as computation occurred in a framework governed by laws of classical physics. However, information can also be stored and processed using the states of matter described by non-classical quantum theory. Understanding this quantum information, a fundamentally different type of information, has been a major project of physicists and information theorists in recent years, and recent experimental research has started to yield promising results." "Quantum Approach to Informatics fills the need for a concise introduction to this burgeoning new field, offering an intuitive approach for readers in both the physics and information science communities, as well as in related fields. Only a basic background in quantum theory is required, and the text keeps the focus on bringing this theory to bear on contemporary informatics. Instead of proofs and other highly formal structures, detailed examples present the material, making this a uniquely accessible introduction to quantum informatics." "A helpful and economical resource for understanding this exciting new application of quantum theory to informatics, Quantum Approach to Informatics provides students and researchers in physics and information science, as well as other interested readers with some scientific background, with an essential overview of the field."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Computer science > Mathematics
• Quantum computers
• Quantum theory > Mathematics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Quantum theory -- 3. Quantum communication and information -- 4. Quantum computing -- 5. Physical realization of quantum information processing.

ISBN

0471736104

LCCN

• 2005042842
• 9780471736103

OCLC

• ocm57675977
• SCSB-5212340

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries