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IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Quantum computing. I

Andrew S. Glassner

Published Jan 1, 2001• 31 citations
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Abstract

Quantum computers will be useful for all kinds of computing. In addition to computer graphics they will have applications in cryptography, biology, and communications. We start with a look at the general principles of quantum mechanics as they apply to quantum computing. In the next issue, I present some of the mathematics behind actually creating quantum algorithms.

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10.1109/38.953464

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