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Quantum Computers

The application of quantum physical principles to the field of computing leads to the concept of the quantum computer, in which data isn't stored as bits in conventional memory, but as the combined quantum state of many 2-state systems of qubits.

This chapter introduces the theoretical foundations, components and basic operations of a quantum computer as well several models of quantum computation.



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