Practical quantum computing for developers : programming quantum rigs in the cloud using Python, Quantum Assembly Language and IBM QExperience /: programming quantum rigs in the cloud using Python, Quantum Assembly Language and IBM QExperience. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Silva Vladimir.
• Authors: Silva, Vladimir, 1969-
• Contents: Interference and the Double Slit ExperimentEinstein to Bohr: God Does Not Throw Dice; Bohr to Einstein: You Should Not Tell God What to Do; Entanglement and the EPR Paradox: Spooky Action at a Distance; Bell's Inequality: A Test for Entanglement; EPR Paradox Defeated: Bohr Has the Last Laugh; Reality Playing Tricks on Us: Is Everything Interconnected?; Chapter 2: Quantum Computing: Bending the Fabric of Reality Itself; The Transistor Is in a Collision Course with the Laws of Physics; Five-Nanometer Transistor: Big Problem; Quantum Scale and the Demise of the Transistor; Electron Tunnelling Exercise 1Solution 1; Exercise 2; Solution 2; Exercise 3; Solution 3; Slit Experiments; Possible Futures for the Transistor; Enter Richard Feynman and the Quantum Computer; The Qubit Is Weird and Awesome at the Same Time; Superposition of States; Entanglement: Observing a Qubit Reveals the State of Its Partner; Qubit Manipulation with Quantum Gates; Measurement Gate; Swap Gate; Pauli or X Gate; Rotation Gates: Y, Z; Hadamard Gate (H); Controlled (cX cY cZ) Gates; Toffoli (CCNOT) Gate; Qubit Design; Superconducting Loops; Trapped Ions; Silicon Quantum Dots; Topological Qubits Diamond VacanciesQuantum Computers vs. Traditional Hardware; Complex Simulations; Molecular Modelling and New Materials; Sophisticated Deep Learning; Quantum Neural Networks (QNN) and Artificial Intelligence (AI); Pitfalls of Quantum Computers: Decoherence and Interference; Decoherence (Longevity); Quantum Error Correction (QEC); The 3-Qubit Code; Shor's Code; The 50-Qubit Processor and the Quest for Quantum Supremacy; Quantum Annealing (QA) and Energy Minimization Controversy; 2000 Qubits: Things Are Not As They Seem; Quantum Annealing: A Subset of Quantum Computing Universal Quantum Computation and the FutureGoogle and Quantum Artificial Intelligence; Quantum Machines in the Data Center; The Race Is Going Global; Future Applications; Chapter 3: Enter the IBM Q Experience: A One- of-a-Kind Platform for Quantum Computing in the Cloud; Getting Your Feet Wet with IBM Q Experience; Quantum Composer; Quantum Gates; Quantum Backends Available for Use; Opus 1: Variations on Bell and GHZ States; Bell States and Spooky Action at a Distance; Even Spookier: GHZ States Tests; Super Determinism: A Way Out of the Spookiness. Was Einstein Right All Along?
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Apress
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 006.3/843; Quantum computing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484242186; 1484242181
• Related ISBNs: 9781484242179
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2019).
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