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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
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<h2 id="table-of-contents-tenth-anniversary-edition">Table of Contents (Tenth Anniversary Edition)</h2> <ul><li>Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview</li> <li>Chapter 2: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics</li> <li>Chapter 3: Introduction to Computer Science</li> <li>Chapter 4: <a href="/facts/Quantum_circuit/yuFDFFPa">Quantum Circuits</a></li> <li>Chapter 5: The <a href="/facts/Quantum_Fourier_transform/pT71oCV7">Quantum Fourier Transform</a> and its Applications</li> <li>Chapter 6: <a href="/facts/Grover%2527s_algorithm/SJuxBPpA">Quantum Search Algorithms</a></li> <li>Chapter 7: Quantum Computers: <a href="/facts/Quantum_computing/nbbcgmvq">Physical Realization</a></li> <li>Chapter 8: Quantum Noise and Quantum Operations</li> <li>Chapter 9: Distance Measures for Quantum Information</li> <li>Chapter 10: <a href="/facts/Quantum_error_correction/lrUNMuob">Quantum Error-Correction</a></li> <li>Chapter 11: <a href="/facts/Entropy/s52IXeFz">Entropy</a> and Information</li> <li>Chapter 12: Quantum Information Theory</li> <li>Appendix 1: Notes on Basic <a href="/facts/Probability_theory/mFBn51rE">Probability Theory</a></li> <li>Appendix 2: <a href="/facts/Group_theory/NfowcI5H">Group Theory</a></li> <li>Appendix 3: The <a href="/facts/Solovay%25E2%2580%2593Kitaev_theorem/mjSC1pbY">Solovay–Kitaev Theorem</a></li> <li>Appendix 4: <a href="/facts/Number_theory/zhoa7zrc">Number Theory</a></li> <li>Appendix 5: <a href="/facts/Public_key_cryptography/gowoFTxS">Public Key Cryptography</a> and the <a href="/facts/RSA_(cryptosystem)/XTzyfHuq">RSA Cryptosystem</a></li> <li>Appendix 6: Proof of <a href="/facts/Lieb%2527s_theorem/WID5cG2g">Lieb's Theorem</a></li> <li>Bibliography</li> <li>Index</li></ul> <h2 id="reviews">Reviews</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Peter_Shor/YIztGkMY">Peter Shor</a> called the text "an excellent book". <a href="/facts/Lov_Grover/lhxI0oHw">Lov Grover</a> called it "the bible of the <a href="/facts/Quantum_information/Bl9QIvHj">quantum information</a> field". <a href="/facts/Scott_Aaronson/htGK5zuz">Scott Aaronson</a> said about it, "'Mike and Ike' as it's affectionately called, remains the quantum computing textbook to which all others are compared."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> <a href="/facts/David_DiVincenzo/SS6CfUeQ">David DiVincenzo</a> said, "More than any of the previous attempts, this book has identified the essential foundations of quantum information theory with a clarity that has even, in a few cases, permitted the authors to obtain some original results and point toward new research directions."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> A review in the November 2001 edition of <i><a href="/facts/Foundations_of_Physics/DxDwwNR9">Foundations of Physics</a></i> says, "Among the handful of books that have been written on this new subject, the present volume is the most complete and comprehensive."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="editions">Editions</h2> <ol><li>Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac L. (2000). <i>Quantum Computation and Quantum Information</i> (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-521-63503-5. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/634735192">634735192</a>.</li> <li>Nielsen, Michael A.; Chuang, Isaac L. (2010). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-s4DEy7o-a0C"><i>Quantum Computation and Quantum Information</i></a> (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-107-00217-3. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/844974180">844974180</a>.</li></ol> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Vogel, Manuel (1 November 2011). "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, by M.A. Nielsen and I.L. Chuang". Contemporary Physics. 52 (6): 604–605. Bibcode:2011ConPh..52..604V. doi:10.1080/00107514.2011.587535. ISSN 0010-7514. S2CID 118307371.Gudder, Stanley P. (1 November 2001). "Book Review: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information. By Michael A. Nielsen and Isaac L. Chuang. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2000, i–xxv+676 pp., $42.00 (hardcover)". Foundations of Physics. 31 (11): 1665–1667. Bibcode:2001FoPh...31.1665G. doi:10.1023/a:1012603118140. ISSN 0015-9018. S2CID 118557951.DiVincenzo, David P. (2001). "Book Review on Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" (PDF). Quantum Information and Computation. 1: 95–96. doi:10.26421/QIC1.2-5.Mermin, N. David (2003). "From Cbits to Qbits: Teaching computer scientists quantum mechanics". American Journal of Physics. 71 (1): 23–30. arXiv:quant-ph/0207118. Bibcode:2003AmJPh..71...23M. doi:10.1119/1.1522741. ISSN 0002-9505. S2CID 13068252. <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_Physics" target="_blank">/wiki/Contemporary_Physics</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Wilde, Mark M. (28 February 2017). "Preface to the Second Edition". Quantum Information Theory. Cambridge University Press. pp. xi–xii. arXiv:1106.1445. Bibcode:2011arXiv1106.1445W. doi:10.1017/9781316809976.001. ISBN 9781316813300. S2CID 2515538.Strauch, Frederick W. (21 June 2016). "Resource Letter QI-1: Quantum Information". American Journal of Physics. 84 (7): 495–507. Bibcode:2016AmJPh..84..495S. doi:10.1119/1.4948608. ISSN 0002-9505. <a href="9781316813300" target="_blank">9781316813300</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Grover, Lov (12 April 2002). "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information". American Journal of Physics. 70 (5): 558–559. Bibcode:2002AmJPh..70..558N. doi:10.1119/1.1463744. ISSN 0002-9505. S2CID 16095702. <a href="/wiki/Lov_Grover" target="_blank">/wiki/Lov_Grover</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>James, Daniel F. V. (1 November 2001). "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information". Physics Today. 54 (11): 60–62. Bibcode:2001PhT....54k..60N. doi:10.1063/1.1428442. ISSN 0031-9228. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1063%2F1.1428442" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1063%2F1.1428442</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Michael Nielsen - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 10 November 2017. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZP0eZ94AAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZP0eZ94AAAAJ&hl=en</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Matuschak, Andy; Nielsen, Michael (2019). "Quantum computing for the very curious". <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nielsen" target="_blank">/wiki/Michael_Nielsen</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Michael Nielsen, Isaac Chuang. Quantum Computing and Quantum Information. Cambridge University Press. pp. reviews. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>DiVincenzo, David P. (2001). "BOOK REVIEW on Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" (PDF). Quantum Information and Computation. 1 (2): 95–96. doi:10.26421/QIC1.2-5 – via Rinton Press. <a href="http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/qic-1-2/divinc.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.rintonpress.com/journals/qic-1-2/divinc.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Gudder, S. P. (November 2001). "Book Review, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information". Foundations of Physics. 31 (11): 1665–1667. Bibcode:2001FoPh...31.1665G. doi:10.1023/A:1012603118140. S2CID 118557951. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>