From Cbits to Qbits: Teaching computer scientists quantum mechanics
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- 20 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in American Journal of Physics
- Vol. 71 (1) , 23-30
Abstract
A strategy is suggested for teaching mathematically literate students, with no background in physics, just enough quantum mechanics for them to understand and develop algorithms in quantum computation and quantum information theory. Although the article as a whole addresses teachers of physics well versed in quantum mechanics, the central pedagogical development is addressed directly to computer scientists and mathematicians, with only occasional asides to their teacher. Physicists uninterested in quantum pedagogy may be amused (or irritated) by some of the views of standard quantum mechanics that arise naturally from this unorthodox perspective.Keywords
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