Qc_book_list

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Contents

• New to CS and QC
• New to QC
• Good Exercise
• General background to proceed intermediate and advanced level
• Intermediate level
• Advanced level
• Quantum chemistry
• Quantum machine learning
• Current hot research
• Other awesome resources

new to cs and QC(all-in-one, pre-require math):

• Qiskit Textbook or Qiskit Textbook(beta) by qiskit contributor, keep on updating and having much friendly introduction content, in high school math.
• Lecture notes by John Watrous, contains most of the deep-level content of quantum computing.

new to quantum computing:

• Dancing with qubits by Robert S. Sutor, introduction concept from basic math.
• Introduction to Classical and Quantum Computing by Thomas Wong, is a super introduction book that explains basic Classical computing to Quantum computing.
• Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach by Hidary, Jack D., talks about the foundation and tools you need for QC.
• Quantum computing since Democritus -Cambridge University Press (2018) by Aaronson, Scott, talks about popular science.
• Medium article - Preliminary Thoughts on Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing, Quantum Error Correction, and Logical Qubits by Jack Krupansky, answering a list of good questions and thoughts.

Good Exercise:

• Xanadu Quantum Codebook by Catalina Albornoz, Guillermo Alonso, Mikhail Andrenkov, and more. it is a fantastic codebook that gives you a good basic understanding of quantum computing, you should go over it before going for more exercise or content, if you get stuck hard check the walkthrough from Owen Lockwood.
• IBM Quantum Challenge by the qiskit community, each year has a different topic, where you can learn more about quantum computing, if you need help, go to qiskit slack, each challenge has different channels, where you can search for previous hints or questions asked.
• QOSF Monthly Challenges by qosf contributor, contains a lot of challenges and interesting topics in quantum computing.

General background to proceed intermediate and advanced level (click me for more comprehensive guide):

Quantum computing (theory) is at the intersection of math, physics, and computer science. (Experiment also can involve electrical engineering.) Eventually, you will want to learn aspects of all of these fields, but when starting you can use any for an entry into the field. Within each field, the subjects you will want to know are:

• Physics: First learn quantum mechanics. At more advanced levels, various aspects of quantum information overlap with AMO, condensed matter, and high energy.
• Math: First linear algebra and probability. Later my preferences would be to learn some group and representation theory, random matrix theory, and functional analysis, but eventually, most fields of math overlap with quantum information, and other researchers may emphasize different areas of math.
• Computer Science: Most theory topics are relevant although are less crucial at first: i.e. algorithms, cryptography, information theory, error-correcting codes, optimization, complexity, and machine learning. If you haven't had any CS theory exposure, undergrad algorithms are a good place to start because they will show you CS-theory ways of thinking, including ideas like the asymptotic analysis.

intermediate level:

• Quantum computer science an introduction-Cambridge University Press (2007) by N. David Mermin, you will learn what quantum computer doing, and why is it important.
• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths, Darrell F. Schroeter, a good introduction to QM.
• Quantum Computation and Quantum Information_ 10th Anniversary Edition-Cambridge University Press (2011) by Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang, the bible of quantum computing.
• Picturing Quantum Processes Cambridge University Press by B Coecke, explain quantum processing with diagrammatic language.
• Lecture Notes on Quantum Algorithms by Andrew Childs, explain deeper broader into quantum algorithms.

advanced level:

• Modern Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition) 2nd Edition by J. J. Sakurai, Jim J. Napolitano, talks about the important concepts that use in QC.
• The Mathematics of Entanglement by Brandao, Christandl, Walter, and Aram Harrow. Idiosyncratic and incomplete lecture notes on some of mit pet topics.
• The Theory of Open Quantum Systems by Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione, it explains deeper into how quantum computing work. lecture note by Daniel A. Lidar
• Alice and Bob Meet Banach: The Interface of Asymptotic Geometric Analysis and Quantum Information Theory (Mathematical Surveys and Monographs) by Guillaume Aubrun, Stanislaw J. Szarek, use math like asymptotic geometric analysis(AGA) to explain quantum information theory.
• Quantum Information Theory by Mark Wilde, is a more theoretical aspect.
• The Theory of Quantum Information by John Watrous, is focused on math and proof of the theory.
• Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Ramamurti Shankar, it goes deeper into QM, instead of introduction.
• The Functional Analysis of Quantum Information Theory - a collection of notes based on lectures by Gilles Pisier, K. R. Parthasarathy, Vern Paulsen, and Andreas Winter, it dives deeper into theory with math.
• Circuit_QED_Superconducting_Qubits_Coupled_to_Microwave_Photons by Steven M. Girvin, it is experiment physics book of superconducting computing.
• Introduction to Elementary Particles 2nd Edition by David Griffiths, it is for advanced undergraduates who are majoring in physics.

quantum chemistry:

• Quantum Chemistry in the Age of Quantum Computing by Yudong Cao, Jonathan Romero, etc. introduction of quantum chemistry from history.
• Emerging quantum computing algorithms for quantum chemistry by Mario Motta, Julia Rice, brief introduction of computing algorithms for quantum chemistry.
• Quantum Chemistry Seven Edition by Ira N. Levine.

quantum machine learning:

• 2021 Qiskit Global Summer School on Quantum Machine Learning by a group of experts and the qiskit team, it teaches from fundamental quantum computing to important concepts of quantum computing, and qiskit machine learning textbook for more.
• pennylane guide good comprehensive guide to the quantum concept of quantum machine learning.
• Quantum algorithms for data analysis by contributors, it contains a brief content introduction to the basic quantum algorithm to machine learning with a lot of math, and it accepts the suggestion and keeps on update.
• QML guide brief content of quantum machine learning resources.

If you want to see what research is currently hot, you can take a look:

• QIP workshops
• check the most cited papers
• Qiskit Seminar
• Qutech seminar

other awesome resources:

• Quantum-Computing-Collection-Of-Resources
• Awesome Quantum Computing
• Open-Source Quantum Software Projects
• Explore different collection of resources or zoo
• Careers in Quantum
• The Quantum Catalog

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