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Computational Methods for Simulating Quantum Computers

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

This review gives a survey of numerical algorithms and software to simulate quantum computers.It covers the basic concepts of quantum computation and quantum algorithms and includes a few examples that illustrate the use of simulation software for ideal and physical models of quantum computers.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0406210,
  title  = {Computational Methods for Simulating Quantum Computers},
  author = {H. De Raedt and K. Michielsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0406210},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

To appear in: Handbook of Theoretical and Computational Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers)