Explorations in Quantum Computing

• Main Author: Williams, Colin P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Series: Texts in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computers.; Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Computer Science.; Computation by Abstract Devices.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

By the year 2020, the basic memory components of a computer will be the size of individual atoms. At such scales, the current theory of computation will become invalid. “Quantum computing” is reinventing the foundations of computer science and information theory in a way that is consistent with quan...