Offers clear, accessible explanations and a range of engaging exercises
Equips students to undertake novel work in the field, while honing their capacity for abstract thinking
Incorporates recent contributions to the field, balancing pedagogical elements with cutting-edge techniques

Offers clear, accessible explanations and a range of engaging exercises Equips students to undertake novel work in the field, while honing their capacity for abstract thinking Incorporates recent contributions to the field, balancing pedagogical elements with cutting-edge techniques

Autorentext

Giuliano G. La Guardia received a Master's degree in pure mathematics in 1998 and a PhD in electrical engineering in 2008, both from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil. Since 1999 he has been with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the State University of Ponta Grossa, where he is an Associate Professor. His research areas include quantum and classical coding theory, matroid theory, category theory and dynamical systems theory.

Inhalt
1 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.- 2 Introduction to Quantum Computation and Information.- 3 Quantum Error-Correcting Codes.- 4 Quantum Code Construction.- 5 Asymmetric Quantum Code Construction.- 6 Quantum Convolutional Code Construction.- Index.