Geometry of Quantum States:
 
  An Introduction to Quantum Entanglement




 a book by

 Ingemar Bengtsson and Karol Życzkowski

 published May 2006 by Cambridge University Press


New !       paperback  edition,  Cambridge  January 2008     New !

(different page numbering: the paperback edition comes in an improved layout
with corrected misprints listed in the erratum below)
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Details

Hardback  (ISBN-13: 9780521814515 | ISBN-10: 0521814510)

466 pages, 100 line diagrams,  15 half-tones, 18 tables, 84 exercises

Size 247 x 174 mm, Weight: 1.106 kg
 
     Paperback  (ISBN-13: 9780521891400)

434 pages, 100 line diagrams, 15 half-tones, 18 tables, 84 exercises

Size 247 x 174 mm, Weight: 0.86 kg



Abstract

Quantum information theory is at the frontiers of physics, mathematics and information science, offering a variety of solutions that are impossible using classical theory. The book GEOMETRY OF QUANTUM STATES provides an introduction to the key concepts used in processing quantum information and reveals that quantum mechanics is a generalisation of classical probability theory.
    After a gentle introduction to the necessary mathematics the authors describe the geometry of quantum state spaces. Focusing on finite dimensional Hilbert spaces, they discuss the statistical distance measures and entropies used in quantum theory. The final part of the book is devoted to quantum entanglement - a non-intuitive phenomenon discovered by Schrödinger, which has become a key resource for quantum computation. This richly-illustrated book is useful to a broad audience of graduates and researchers interested in quantum information theory. Exercises follow each chapter, with hints and answers supplied.


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