Quantum mechanics / Eugen Merzbacher

David K Ferry

Introduction – Classical mechanics – Rise of quantum mechanics – Eugene Wigner – Modern devices and simulation – Our approach

Kurt Gottfried

Florian Mandl

David K. Ferry, Mihail Nedjalkov

Introduction – Classical mechanics – Rise of quantum mechanics – Eugene Wigner – Modern devices and simulation – Our approach

Radhika Vathsan

To obtain a basic understanding of how and why quantum computing works, one needs to understand quantum theory. In this book we treat quantum mechanics as an axiomatic theory, with some interpretations where possible. The implications of quantum mechanics are often counter intuitive, or rather, beyond intuition, since we have no direct experience of the quantum world as we do the classical. We assume no prior knowledge of quantum mechanics, and will develop all the basic tools and ideas necessary for a sound grasp of the fundamentals of the theory, especially what is relevant for two-state systems that we’ll use as qubits. For a more detailed picture, the reader is referred to standard texts on quantum mechanics, such as the books by J. J. Sakurai [60], R. Shankar [62], C. Cohen-Tannoudji [20], E. Merzbacher [49] etc. or the Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol III [34].

Hendrik F. Hameka