Quantum Computing: A Starter

This book is designed to serve a dual purpose: To give the necessary exposure of Quantum Computing (QC) to people from different fields of expertise and to give the basic training, including that on the required skill set, to a novice helping him/her enter the fascinating field of QC.

While the required Quantum Mechanics is developed in the Appendix, the body of the book develops the fundamental concepts of quantum superposition and quantum entanglement, showing their different manifestations. The author provides ample exposure to quantum circuits and quantum algorithms, explaining the role of superposition, entanglement and quantum interference. This includes examples of quantum teleportation, syndrome circuits and encoding circuits. Applications like quantum search, quantum cryptography, quantum game theory are discussed with motivation and clarity. Finally, the concept of decoherence is explained using an illustrative example, and the fundamental features of quantum error correction are covered. This book is directed towards everybody using science and towards novices (mainly students) who want to prepare themselves to enter the field of QC.