Introduction to the Special theme - Quantum Computing.

Jop Briët, Simon Perdrix

Tony Hey

Kavita Saini, Ritu Gupta, Dr Sandhya Pundhir

Jonas R. Becker Arenhart, Raoni Wohnrath Arroyo

We provide a brief introduction to the special issue dedicated to logical and metaphysical aspects of contemporary issues concerning identity and individuality in quantum mechanics. After a discussion of the main theme, we present the contributed papers and the historical motivations for the special issue.

Mikio Nakahara

A pedagogical introduction to counterdiabatic formalism of shortcuts to adiabaticity is given so that readers can access some of the more specialized articles in the rest of this theme issue without any barriers. A guide to references is given so that this article also serves as a mini-review. This article is part of the theme issue 'Shortcuts to adiabaticity: theoretical, experimental and interdisciplinary perspectives'.

Mika Hirvensalo