Overview
- Explains the still evolving concepts of quantum mechanics in terms accessible to nonspecialists
- Discusses the conceptual problems associated with measurement, superposition, and decoherence in quantum systems
- Examines in detail the progress toward quantum computers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: UNITEXT for Physics (UNITEXTPH)
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- fundamental concepts of Quantum Mechanic for non-specialist
- mathematical aspects of quantum mechanics
- Quantum computation
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
- Schrödinger equation
- Hidden variables
- Spin of elementary particles
- Isotropic vectors
- Quantum entanglement
- Bell’s inequality
- Measurement and decoherence
- Quantum cryptography
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Book Title: Twenty-First Century Quantum Mechanics: Hilbert Space to Quantum Computers
Book Subtitle: Mathematical Methods and Conceptual Foundations
Authors: Guido Fano, S M Blinder
Series Title: UNITEXT for Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58732-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58731-8Published: 07 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86464-8Published: 02 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58732-5Published: 27 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2198-7882
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7890
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 271
Number of Illustrations: 130 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Computing, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics