The basics of quantum computing are not difficult if you know linear algebra. The state of a qubit is described using a column vector that holds complex numbers

The basics of quantum computing are not difficult if you know linear algebra. The state of a qubit is described using a column vector that holds complex numbers. Gate operations are performed by multiplication on the states with unitary matrices. A good introduction: http://pyquil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html http://pyquil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html