Quantum Information Theory
von Neumann entropy, quantum channels, and capacities.
Quantum Information Theory. von Neumann entropy, quantum channels, and capacities.
Foundations and canonical references
The standard treatments of quantum information theory approach the subject from complementary angles. Nielsen, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (2010) is the anchor reference for the subject and lays out the core definitions, theorems, and worked examples that practitioners return to. Wilde, Quantum Information Theory (2017) gives a parallel, more proof-oriented exposition of the same material and is widely used as a graduate text.
Open methodological questions for quantum information theory include sharpening the bridges between foundational theory and computational practice, extending classical results to broader or more structured settings, and integrating the techniques surveyed above with adjacent mathematical disciplines. The references listed in this page are the entry points that current work builds on.
Prerequisites
Sources
- textbook · primary · 2010Quantum Computation and Quantum Informationnielsen-2010, chuang-2010
- textbook · primary · 2017Quantum Information Theorywilde-2017
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