FOREWORD

Quantum mechanics and information theory were key new areas for scientific

progress in the 20th century

Today, the field of quantum information science covers an increasingly broad

range of physical systems in addition to theoretical topics in mathematics, computer

science, and information theory

I. INTRODUCTION

The development and use of quantum computers for chemical applications has

the potential for revolutionary impact on the way computing is done in the future

The importance of developing quantum computers derives not only from the

discipline of quantum physics and chemistry alone, but also from a wider context

of computer science and the semiconductor electronics industry

Qubits and Gates

In general, we can think of information as something that can be encoded in the

state of a physical system

Unlike classical bits, a qubit can be not only in state

Circuits and Algorithms

Just as in classical computing, logic gates are cascaded to form a circuit.Aquantum

circuit is a sequence of quantum gates

Whenan algorithm needs to be implemented with a quantum computer