Welcome. The below are works in progress and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Please take these as pre-first drafts. I've tried to correct errors, but things might accidentally be introduced without me noticing at times. If you download a copy then distribute it, please shoot me an email saying the rough number of people so that I can keep rough track of the number of downloads I've received. Teachers are more than welcome to use this text and contact me for clarifications where needed or help with explanations. I can be reached at: lanegunderman (on the site) gmail (dot) com .

I currently aim to add a new chapter roughly once every two weeks. Following the part on algorithms, I will delve into what I call "practical matters" (to help explain why we don't have a useful quantum computer yet) and "introductions to advanced topics" (to help provide introductions to more aspects of the field that you may want to delve more fully into). [currently additions are on hiatus, but hopefully I'll get back to it soon].

This text I see as a stepping stone in the process of learning quantum computing. Perhaps a sequence over a few years such as:

This--> Kaye, LaFlamme, Mosca --> Nielsen and Chuang

Chapters 1 to 4 and 6 to 7 (to download the file, click "pop-out" then download the file).

Feedback is greatly appreciated, please use the following to provide any suggestions or comments you have on the document: