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Picturing quantum processes : a first course in quantum theory and diagrammatic reasoning / Bob Coecke and Aleks Kissinger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.Description: xvii, 827 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781107104228 (hardback ; alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.12 23 C672
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Guide to reading this textbook -- 3. Processes as diagrams -- 4. String diagrams -- 5. Hilbert space from diagrams -- 6. Quantum processes -- 7. Quantum measurement -- 8. Picturing classical-quantum processes -- 9. Picturing phases and complementarity -- 10. Quantum theory: the full picture -- 11. Quantum foundations -- 12. Quantum computation -- 13. Quantum resources -- 14. Quantomatic.
Summary: In this book, quantum phenomena are explained through the language of diagrams, setting out an innovative method of presenting complex scientific theories.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books ISI Library, Kolkata 530.12 C672 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 138108
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction --
2. Guide to reading this textbook --
3. Processes as diagrams --
4. String diagrams --
5. Hilbert space from diagrams --
6. Quantum processes --
7. Quantum measurement --
8. Picturing classical-quantum processes --
9. Picturing phases and complementarity --
10. Quantum theory: the full picture --
11. Quantum foundations --
12. Quantum computation --
13. Quantum resources --
14. Quantomatic.

In this book, quantum phenomena are explained through the language of diagrams, setting out an innovative method of presenting complex scientific theories.

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