Introduction to Quantum Computing (series unlisted)

Abstract: The term "quantum computing" (and, more generally, anything with the word "quantum" in it) is thrown around a lot by mathematicians and scientists who want to sound smart. In order to understand what they were talking about, I started reading a book about quantum computing. I decided to talk about it at pizza seminar so that you, too, could try to sound smart. I will attempt to explain the postulates of quantum mechanics and basic notions in quantum computing. We will then discuss the speculated strengths of quantum computers, along with some of the inherent difficulties. I will try to address some concepts with fancy-sounding names that often generate misconceptions, like quantum teleportation and the no-cloning theorem. Also, please note that all of my knowledge is from the first few chapters of Nielsen and Chuang, so if you already know about quantum computing, you probably know more than I do.

Mathematics

Audience: general audience

Pizza Seminar