Quantum processes, systems, and information /
"A new and exciting approach to the basics of quantum theory, this undergraduate textbook contains extensive discussions of conceptual puzzles and over 800 exercises and problems. Beginning with three elementary 'qubit' systems, the book develops the formalism of quantum theory, addre...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Bits and quanta
- 2. Qubits
- 3. States and observables
- 4. Distinguishability and information
- 5. Quantum dynamics
- 6. Entanglement
- 7. Information and ebits
- 8. Density operators
- 9. Open systems
- 10. A particle in space
- 11. Dynamics of a free particle
- 12. Spin and rotation
- 13. Ladder systems
- 14. Many particles
- 15. Stationary states in 1-D
- 16. Bound states in 3-D
- 17. Perturbation theory
- 18. Quantum information processing
- 19. Classical and quantum entropy
- 20. Error correction
- Appendixes - Index.