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I am grateful in advance to my examiners matthias christandl and barbara kraus for reading my thesis and their feedback. Quantum information theory published by cambridge university press 2nd edition. Beginning with an extensive overview of classical information theory suitable for the nonexpert, the author then turns his attention to quantum mechanics for. Quantum rate distortion, reverse shannon theorems, and. Wilde, cambride university press 2 quantum computation and quantum information 10 th anniversary edition, by nielsen and chang. From classical to quantum shannon theory by mark m. Epr paradox, schroedingers cat, only in the second half, in the light of experimental progress in the manipulation of quantum systems, did the development of a theory of quantum information and computation accelerate. Wilde developing many of the major, exciting, pre and postmillennium developments from the ground up, this book is an ideal entry point for graduate students into quantum information theory.
We deal concretely with some concepts that appear in more abstract form in later chapters. Journal of discrete mathematical sciences and cryptography mark m. Wilde hearne institute for theoretical physics department of physics and astronomy center for computation and technology louisiana state university baton rouge, louisiana 70803, usa october 10, 2019. Sign up contains solutions to selected exercises in chapter 9,11, of quantum information theory by mark wilde. Wilde s quantum information theory is a natural expositors labor of love. From classical to quantum shannon theory, cambridge university press, 20. His research interests are quantum science and theory, quantum information theory, quantum computational complexity theory.
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As in other areas of physics doing more problems in full details improves both understanding and e. Accessible to anyone comfortable with linear algebra and elementary probability theory, wilde s book brings the reader to the forefront of research in the quantum generalization of shannons information theory. Nov 21, 2012 mark wilde, postdoctoral fellow at mcgill university, lectures on quantum information theory. However, classics on information theory such as cover and thomas 2006 and mackay 2003 could be helpful as a reference.
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