You're reading from Quantum Computing with Silq Programming Get up and running with quantum computing with the simplicity of this new high-level programming language

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800569669

Length 310 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Quantum Development Kit

Concepts

Programming Language

Authors (2):

Thomas Cambier

Srinjoy Ganguly

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Essential Background and Introduction to Quantum Computing

2. Chapter 1: Essential Mathematics and Algorithmic Thinking FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Quantum Bits, Quantum Measurements, and Quantum Logic Gates

4. Chapter 3: Multiple Quantum Bits, Entanglement, and Quantum Circuits

5. Chapter 4: Physical Realization of a Quantum Computer

6. Section 2: Challenges in Quantum Programming and Silq Programming

7. Chapter 5: Challenges in Quantum Computer Programming

8. Chapter 6: Silq Programming Basics and Features

9. Chapter 7: Programming Multiple-Qubit Quantum Circuits with Silq

10. Section 3: Quantum Algorithms Using Silq Programming

11. Chapter 8: Quantum Algorithms I – Deutsch-Jozsa and Bernstein-Vazirani

12. Chapter 9: Quantum Algorithms II – Grover's Search Algorithm and Simon's Algorithm

13. Chapter 10: Quantum Algorithms III – Quantum Fourier Transform and Phase Estimation

14. Section 4: Applications of Quantum Computing

15. Chapter 11: Quantum Error Correction

16. Chapter 12: Quantum Cryptography – Quantum Key Distribution

17. Chapter 13: Quantum Machine Learning

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Introducing multiple quantum bits

Multiple qubit operations will allow us to implement more complex quantum algorithms in the upcoming chapters. Dealing with multiple qubits is a core requirement in quantum computing because in most cases, the information can only be encoded by the use of many qubits. Multiple qubits also bring flexibility in computation as we can perform quantum operations more conveniently.

You studied some of the basics of tensor products in Chapter 1, Essential Mathematics and Algorithmic Thinking, which will now help you to appreciate the nature of multiple qubits in a quantum computing environment. As we know, single qubits are denoted as |0>, |1>, or any generic state . To denote two qubits, we use the notation |00>, |11>, or any generic state, such as . We can have two different quantum subsystems, each having their own vector spaces. Their interactions can be denoted by the addition and scalar multiplication of the vector elements, which we...