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Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists
The multidisciplinary field of quantum computing strives to exploit some
of the uncanny aspects of quantum mechanics to expand our computa-
tional horizons. Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists takes read-
ers on a tour of this fascinating area of cutting-edge research. Written
in an accessible yet rigorous fashion, this book employs ideas and tech-
niques familiar to every student of computer science. The reader is not
expected to have any advanced mathematics or physics background. Af-
ter presenting the necessary prerequisites, the material is organized to
look at different aspects of quantum computing from the specific stand-
point of computer science. There are chapters on computer architecture,
algorithms, programming languages, theoretical computer science, cryp-
tography, information theory, and hardware. The text has step-by-step
examples, more than two hundred exercises with solutions, and program-
ming drills that bring the ideas of quantum computing alive for today’s
computer science students and researchers.
Noson S. Yanofsky, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department
of Computer and Information Science at Brooklyn College, City Univer-
sity of New York and at the PhD Program in Computer Science at The
Graduate Center of CUNY.
Mirco A. Mannucci, PhD, is the founder and CEO of HoloMathics, LLC,
a research and development company with a focus on innovative mathe-
matical modeling. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of Computer Sci-
ence at George Mason University and the University of Maryland.
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