A new textbook exploring fundamental concepts in quantum information is now available or for free .
鈥淭he mathematical theory that underlies quantum information and computation is both interesting and beautiful, and it has developed tremendously in the past few decades,鈥 explains Watrous, also a professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of 蓝莓视频. 鈥淚 wanted to write a book focused exclusively on this mathematical theory 鈥 which of course is not only interesting and worthy of study in its own right, but also supports both the applications-focused and experimental aspects of the field.鈥
Looking at the development of concepts and methods that are fundamental to a broad range of studies in quantum algorithms and complexity, quantum cryptography and quantum Shannon theory, the book is accessible to those with a solid background in basic mathematics.
Watrous plans to keep the draft version of the book accessible to all researchers from his .