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Quantum Fourier transforms

Shinil Cho

Published Dec 1, 2023• 0 citations

Abstract

Fourier transform has been applied to applications of quantum computation. In this chapter, we explain how quantum Fourier transform (QFT) is defined to apply to quantum computation problems such as Shor’s algorithm and quantum walks.

DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-6044-9ch5

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