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From shannon to quantum information science

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Quantum information science is a young and vigorously growing area of research which promises enormous potential and opportunities. This article, which will appear in two parts, gives a quantitative description of some of the ideas and techniques fundamental to this discipline. Considerations involving mixed states are reserved for Part 2.

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Suggested Reading

  1. R G Gallager,Information Theory and Reliable Communication, John Wiley, New York, p. 1, 1968.

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  2. Most of the papers dealing with QIS are to be found with the LANL e-Print Archive (quantum physics), as also with its mirror:http://xxx. imsc.ernet.in

  3. Shannon’s 1948 work, ‘A Mathematical Theory of Communication’, is now available electronically: http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/ms/what/shannonday/paper.html

  4. A valuable NSF report on ‘Quantum Information Science’ can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf00101/nsf00101.htm

  5. Two readable reviews are: C H Bennett and P Shor, ‘Quantum Information Theory’, and P Shor, ‘Quantum Information Theory: Results and open problems’, Both can be found at http://www.research.att.com/≈shor/papers/index.html

  6. John Preskill has a valuable set of extensive lecture notes on Quantum Information and Computation: http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph219

  7. Most aspects of QIS are covered in the carefully written book M A Nielsen and I L Chuang,Quantum Computation and Quantum Infomation, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000.

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  1. The Institute of Mathematical Science, Tharamani, 600 113, Chenna, India

    Rajiah Simon

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Rajaah Simon is a Professor at the Institute of Mathematical Science, Chennai. His primary interests are in classical and quantum optics, geometric phases, group theoretical techniques and quantum information acience.

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Simon, R. From shannon to quantum information science. Reson 7, 66–85 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02867270

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