Twenty-First Century Quantum Mechanics: Hilbert Space to Quantum Computers Mathematical Methods and Conceptual Foundations /

• Main Authors: Fano, Guido (Author), Blinder, S M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: UNITEXT for Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum computers.; Quantum physics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Computing.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This book is designed to make accessible to nonspecialists the still evolving concepts of quantum mechanics and the terminology in which these are expressed. The opening chapters summarize elementary concepts of twentieth century quantum mechanics and describe the mathematical methods employed in th...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Twentieth Century Quantum Mechanics
• 2 Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics
• 3 The Schroedinger Equation
• 4 New Adventures: Isotropic Vectors, Rotations, Spinors and Groups
• 5 Quantum Entanglement and Bell’s Theorem
• 6 Digital and Quantum Computers
• Bibliography.