Table of contents

Programmable Quantum Devices

A first-principles path from quantum operations and dilation theorems to no-programming results and research-level programmable measurements

Read each section in order. Every title can be opened as a TheoryTrace document.

• Cover
• Copyright
• How to read this book
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Problem of Programmability in Quantum Theory
• Chapter 2: Linear Algebra for Finite-Dimensional Quantum Systems
• Chapter 3: Quantum States, Composite Systems, and Entanglement
• Chapter 4: Quantum Measurements and POVMs
• Chapter 5: Quantum Channels and Completely Positive Maps
• Chapter 6: Convexity, Distinguishability, and Information-Theoretic Tools
• Chapter 7: Purification and the Geometry of Open Quantum Dynamics
• Chapter 8: Stinespring Dilation Theorem
• Chapter 9: Naimark Dilation Theorem
• Chapter 10: Quantum Instruments and Measurement Devices
• Chapter 11: The Standard Model of a Programmable Quantum Processor
• Chapter 12: The No-Programming Theorem for Unitary Channels
• Chapter 13: Beyond Unitaries: Programmability of Quantum Channels
• Chapter 14: Programmable Quantum Measurement Devices
• Chapter 15: Exact, Probabilistic, and Heralded Programming
• Chapter 16: Approximate Programmability and Error Metrics
• Chapter 17: Universal Programmable Processors and Port-Based Teleportation
• Chapter 18: Quantum Supermaps, Combs, and Higher-Order Devices
• Chapter 19: Learning, Estimating, and Compiling Quantum Devices
• Chapter 20: Resource Theories of Programmability
• Chapter 21: Physical Architectures for Programmable Quantum Devices
• Chapter 22: Reading Research Papers in Programmable Quantum Devices
• Chapter 23: Research Problems and Methods
• Conclusion