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Dancing with Qubits

By : Robert S. Sutor
5 (1)
Book Image

Dancing with Qubits

5 (1)
By: Robert S. Sutor

Overview of this book

Quantum computing is making us change the way we think about computers. Quantum bits, a.k.a. qubits, can make it possible to solve problems that would otherwise be intractable with current computing technology. Dancing with Qubits is a quantum computing textbook that starts with an overview of why quantum computing is so different from classical computing and describes several industry use cases where it can have a major impact. From there it moves on to a fuller description of classical computing and the mathematical underpinnings necessary to understand such concepts as superposition, entanglement, and interference. Next up is circuits and algorithms, both basic and more sophisticated. It then nicely moves on to provide a survey of the physics and engineering ideas behind how quantum computing hardware is built. Finally, the book looks to the future and gives you guidance on understanding how further developments will affect you. Really understanding quantum computing requires a lot of math, and this book doesn't shy away from the necessary math concepts you'll need. Each topic is introduced and explained thoroughly, in clear English with helpful examples.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Preface
13
Afterword

2.4 Logic circuits

Now that we have a sense of how the logic works, we can look at logic circuits. The most basic logic circuits look like binary relationships but more advanced ones implement operations for addition, multiplication, and many other mathematical operations. They also manipulate basic data. Logic circuits implement algorithms and ultimately the apps on your computer or device.

We begin with examples of the core operations, also called gates.

To me, the standard gate shapes used in the United States look like variations on spaceship designs.

Rather than use true and false, we use 1 and 0 as the values of the bits coming into and out of gates.

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This gate has two inputs and one output. It is not reversible because it produces the same output with different inputs. Given the 0 output, we cannot know which example produced it. Here are the other gates we use, with example inputs:

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