Quantum virtual machine

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A Quantum Virtual Machine (QVM) is a virtual machine which emulates a quantum computer. It provides a structure for a quantum register (the memory of a quantum computer) and operations for the manipulation of a quantum register.

[edit] See also

• libquantum: a C-language implementation of a Quantum Virtual Machine.
• quantum algorithm

[edit] References

• Jozef Gruska: Quantum Computing, McGraw-Hill, 1999
• David Divincezo: Two-bit gates are universal for quantum computation, 1995
• Andrew Steane: Multiple Particle Interference and Quantum Error Correction, 1996
• Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, Cambridge University Press, 2000

[edit] External links

• Center for Quantum Computation (CQC)
• Quantum computing: an introduction by Professor Tony Hey
• Linear Al - free software for quantum computation

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