本书包含四章内容，第一章以两篇论文开始，向该研究领域提出了邀请，第一篇论文概述了量子力学的相关部分，第二篇论文概述了许多位势量子力学计算设备。第二章由四篇论文组成，致力于讨论量子算法与量子复杂性理论，阐述了量子复杂性理论中的许多惊人的和具有挑战性的主题。第三章由两篇论文组成，重点关注量子纠错码和量子密码学。最后一章由三篇文章组成，讨论了量子计算与数学和物理之间更多的不同联系。本书适合大学数学、物理专业的师生及相关学者参考阅读。

Preface
Acknowledgements
Original AMS Short Course Announcement
Chapter I. An Invitation to Quantum Computation
A Rosetta stone for quantum mechanics with an introduction to quantum computation
SAMUEL J. LOMONACO, JR.
Qubit devices
HOWARD E. BRANDT
Chapter II. Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Complexity Theory
Introduction to quantum algorithms
PETER W. SHOR
Shor's quantum factoring algorithm
SAMUEL J. LOMONACO, JR.
Grover's quantum search algorithm
SAMUEL J. LOMONACO, JR.
A survey of quantum complexity theory
UMESH VAZIRANI
Chapter III. Quantum Error Correcting Codes and Quantum Cryptography
An introduction to quantum error correction
DANIEL GOTTESMAN
A talk on quantum cryptography: Or how Alice outwits Eve
SAMUEL J. LOMONACO, JR.
Chapter IV. More Mathematical Connections
Topological quantum codes and anyons
ALEXEI KITAEV
Quantum topology and quantum computing
LOUIS H. KAUFFMAN
An entangled tale of quantum entanglement
SAMUEL J. LOMONACO, JR.
Index
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