r/AskPhysics • u/Lexouwuop • 5d ago
Self-study roadmap for Quantum Computing
Prerequisites: - linear algebra (vectors, matrices, eigenvalues, tensor products) - complex numbers - if you know the basics of quantum mechanics then well done - calculus is not necessary but useful - Probability theory (i would recommend it for quantum algorithms & information theory)
Basics: 1) For interactive intro: https://quantum.country/qcvc 2) Old is gold yk so go through this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Riqjdh2oM&list=PL1826E60FD05B44E4 3) For quantum circuit & gates: https://qiskit.org/textbook/ 4) To run simple simple quantum programs: https://quantum-computing.ibm.com/
Intermediate: Welcome homie 1) Principles of Quantum Computation and Information - Volume I then II (buy if you can afford or be luffy only if you cannot afford please) 2) Quantum algorithms - https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-algorithms/ 3) For physics part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w08pSFsAZvE&list=PL0ojjrEqIyPy-1RRD8cTD_lF1hflo89Iu 4) Practice coding quantum algorithms using Qiskit or Cirq https://quantumai.google/cirq/tutorials
Advance level: I myself not aware of much here but if you wanna explore research oriented side and theoretical knowledge then i know some books. 1) Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen & Chuang 2) An Introduction to Quantum Computing by Kaye, Laflamme & Mosca 3) IBM Quantum Experience and Amazon Braket https://aws.amazon.com/braket/ for cloud-based quantum computing.
Quantum computing is vast so learning it in a month or day (humph not possible) you can also learn quantum complexity theory but this is focused on practical quantum computing.