Classical and Quantum Information Theory
Subtitle: an Introduction for the Telecom Scientist
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 715
ISBN-13: 9780511506840; 9781283330107
Description: This complete overview of classical and quantum information theory employs an informal yet accurate approach, for students, researchers and practitioners.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1 Probability basics; 2 Probability distributions; 3 Measuring information; 4 Entropy; 5 Mutual information and more entropies; 6 Differential entropy; 7 Algorithmic entropy and Kolmogorov complexity; 8 Information coding; 9 Optimal coding and compression; 10 Integer, arithmetic, and adaptive coding; 11 Error correction; 12 Channel entropy; 13 Channel capacity and coding theorem; 14 Gaussian channel and Shannon-Hartley theorem; 15 Reversible computation; 16 Quantum bits and quantum gates.; title: 17 Quantum measurements18 Qubit measurements, superdense coding, and quantum teleportation; 19 Deutsch-Jozsa, quantum Fourier transform, and Grover quantum database search algorithms; 20 Shor's factorization algorithm; 21 Quantum information theory; 22 Quantum data compression; 23 Quantum channel noise and channel capacity; 24 Quantum error correction; 25 Classical and quantum cryptography; Appendix A (Chapter 4) Boltzmann's entropy; Appendix B.