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I'd suggest starting with the basics of quantum mechanics. You'll need a bit of linear algebra but not much more, fortunately.
by codethief 2y ago
I'd suggest starting with the basics of quantum mechanics. You'll need a bit of linear algebra but not much more, fortunately.
- xrd 2y agoOk, thank you. What is a good starting place? Dirac's Principles of Quantum Mechanics? Or, asking Claude to tell me about quantum mechanics? </facepalm>
- grepLeigh 2y agoI'd recommend starting with Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Isaac Chuang and Michael Nielsen ("Mike and Ike"). It's the text used in most intro courses. There's an "Intro to Quantum Mechanics" section that covers what's strictly necessary to understand quantum algorithms. For lectures, John Preskill's lectures from the Quantum Computation course at CalTech: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ojjrEqIyPy-1RRD8cTD_lF1hflo89Iu&si=_5t5XcEiJH9akFvH https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ojjrEqIyPy-1RRD8cTD_lF1...
- gauge_field 2y agoYou also need some foundation in Linear Algebra if you want to have better formal understanding of its underlying framework( which is Hilbert Space).
- shalg 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Computation_and_Quantum_Information https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Computation_and_Quan... ^^ The best resource there is to start with.
- samstave 2y agoYou always do well at the plank -- And a HEALTHY understating of ETYMOLOGY --- Meaning: we are realizing the fabric of the reality a we speak it Speak is an interesting WERD Understanding druidics and etymology will bring you close.. this is how you fabricate youre reality
- sampo 2y agoI think the best, and also most popular, textbook for a Quantum Mechanics 1 course is "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by David J. Griffiths. This is also what Claude says. But you also need some math: Complex numbers, linear algebra, some basics of partial differential equations. But a traditional university course in quantum mechanics aims at doing quantum mechanics in 3-dimensional space, to solve electron orbitals and energy levels of hydrogen atom. But all this 3-dimensional mathematics, you don't necessarily need if you just want to read about quantum computers. Maybe some quantum computers textbook has a presentation of the basics of quantum mechanics that leaves out the topics that traditional physics needs, because traditionally physics was interested in how atoms are build.
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