Introduction to Quantum Computing

This book, now in an expanded second edition, provides a self—contained undergraduate course on quantum computing based on classroom—tested lecture notes. It reviews the fundamentals of quantum mechanics from the double—slit experiment to entanglement, before progressing to the basics of qubits, quantum gates, quantum circuits, quantum key distribution, and some of the famous quantum algorithms. As well as covering quantum gates in depth, it also describes promising platforms for their phys...