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Quantum information and computation

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

This article deals with theoretical developments in the subject of quantum information and quantum computation, and includes an overview of classical information and some relevant quantum mechanics. The discussion covers topics in quantum communication, quantum cryptography, and quantum computation, and concludes by considering whether a perspective in terms of quantum information sheds new light on the conceptual problems of quantum mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0512125,
  title  = {Quantum information and computation},
  author = {Jeffrey Bub},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0512125},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

103 pages, no figures. Forthcoming as a chapter in Handbook of Philosophy of Physics, edited by John Earman and Jeremy Butterfield (Elsevier/NH)