A Rosetta Stone for Quantum Mechanics with an Introduction to Quantum Computation
by Samuel J. Lomonaco, jr
Publisher: arXiv 2000
Number of pages: 97
Description:
The purpose of these lecture notes is to provide readers, who have some mathematical background but little or no exposure to quantum mechanics and quantum computation, with enough material to begin reading the research literature in quantum computation and quantum information theory.
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