Quantum Computing for Programmers

Robert Hundt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

350 Seiten

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-09817-5 (ISBN)

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This introduction to quantum computing for anybody who knows how to program a conventional computer takes readers from the basics to detailed derivations and implementations of more than 25 fundamental quantum algorithms. The classical open-source code base in Python and C++ is developed from the ground up.

This introduction to quantum computing from a classical programmer's perspective is meant for students and practitioners alike. Over 25 fundamental algorithms are explained with full mathematical derivations and classical code for simulation, using an open-source code base developed from the ground up in Python and C++. After presenting the basics of quantum computing, the author focuses on algorithms and the infrastructure to simulate them efficiently, beginning with quantum teleportation, superdense coding, and Deutsch-Jozsa. Coverage of advanced algorithms includes the quantum supremacy experiment, quantum Fourier transform, phase estimation, Shor's algorithm, Grover's algorithm with derivatives, quantum random walks, and the Solovay–Kitaev algorithm for gate approximation. Quantum simulation is explored with the variational quantum eigensolver, quantum approximate optimization, and the Max-Cut and Subset-Sum algorithms. The book also discusses issues around programmer productivity, quantum noise, error correction, and challenges for quantum programming languages, compilers, and tools, with a final section on compiler techniques for transpilation.

Robert Hundt is a Distinguished Engineer at Google, where he led software development for Google's TPU supercomputers, the XLA compiler for TensorFlow, an open-source CUDA compiler, and currently the high-level synthesis toolchain XLS. He has more than 25 scientific publications, holds 38 patents, and is a senior member of IEEE.

Introduction; 1. The mathematical minimum; 2. Quantum computing fundamentals; 3. Simple algorithms; 4. Scalable, fast simulation; 5. Beyond classical; 6. Complex algorithms; 7. Quantum error correction; 8. Quantum languages, compilers, and tools; Appendix: Sparse Implementation; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 250 mm
Gewicht	800 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Algorithmen
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
ISBN-10	1-009-09817-9 / 1009098179
ISBN-13	978-1-009-09817-5 / 9781009098175
Zustand	Neuware