An Introduction to Quantum Computing

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Contents xi 4.3 Controlled operations 177 4.4 Measurement 185 4.5 Universal quantum gates 188 4.5.1 Two-level unitary gates are universal 189 4.5.2 Single qubit and CNOTgates are universal 191 4.5.3 A discrete set of universal operations 194

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2.1 The Quantum Mechanics of Photon Polarization 9 2.1.1 A Simple Experiment 10 2.1.2 A Quantum Explanation 11 2.2 Single Quantum Bits 13 2.3 Single-Qubit Measurement 16 2.4 A Quantum Key Distribution Protocol 18 2.5 The State Space of a Single-Qubit System 21 2.5.1 Relative Phases versus Global Phases 21

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Finally, Chapter 15 contains an introduction to quantum scattering theory. Probability Theory 7 2 Probability Theory 2.1 Introduction This section is devoted to a brief, and fairly low level, introduction to a branch of mathe-matics known as probability theory. 2.2 What is Probability?

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