Dummies – How to Start Learning Quantum Computing

November 30, 2017 by Ajitesh Kumar · Leave a comment
How to Get Started in Quantum Computing

If you are a beginner / rookie / fresher to quantum computing and wondering on how to get started with Quantum Computing, here is the great piece of advice on learning Quantum Computing, posted by Aram Harrow, assistant professor of Physics at MIT. The following is the summary:

  • Quantum computing is at the intersection of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science.
  • Given above information, get started with learning some of the following:
    • Physics (Quantum mechanics)
    • Mathematics (Linear Algebra and Probability). Other topics may include group and representation theory, random matrix theory and functional analysis.
    • Computer Science topics including but not limited to algorithms, cryptography, information theory, error-correcting codes, optimization, complexity, machine learning

Quantum Computing Bookmarks

You may bookmark some of the following pages for knowing greatest and latest about Quantum Computing from time-to-time. These bookmarks will be updated on regular basis.

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