This book is about quantum computing and quantum algorithms. The book starts with a chapter introducing the basic rules of quantum mechanics and how they can be used to build quantum circuits and perform computations.
Further, Grover's algorithm is presented for unstructured search discussing its consequences and applications.
Next, important techniques are discussed such as Quantum Fourier Transform and quantum phase estimation. Finally, Shor's algorithm for integer factorization is explained.
At last, quantum walks are explained in detail covering both the discrete and continuous time models,and applications of this techniques are described for the design and analyses of quantum algorithms.

Renato Portugal graduated in Physics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de janeiro in 1981 and obtained his PhD degree in Physics at the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics in 1988. He was a visiting professor at the University of Waterloo in 1997 and 2008 and at the Queen's University at Kingston in 1998 in Canada. He is currently a full researcher at the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing (LNCC). Currently, he is working in the area of quantum computing with focus on the following subareas: algorithms for quantum computing, analysis and simulation of quantum walks, and classical cryptography.
Franklin de Lima Marquezino graduated in Computer Science from the Catholic University of Petropolis in 2004, and received his PhD degree in Computer Modelling form the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing (LNCC) in 2010. He stayed for one year as postdoctoral researcher also at LNCC. Since 2011, he is an associate professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, working mainly in the areas of quantum algorithms and quantum walks.

Carlile Lavor graduated in Mathematics from the University of Campinas in 1996, and received a PhD in Computer Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in 2001. He was a visiting professor at prestigious institutions like École Polytechnique (2008-2009) and Duke University (2013-2014). Since 2005, he has been working at the University of Campinas, where he is now a full professor. He is co-author of the books "Euclidean Distance Geometry" and "A Geometric Algebra Invitation to Space-Time Physics, Robotics and Molecular Geometry" and co-editor of "Distance Geometry: Theory, Methods and Applications" book, all by Springer.

本书是关于量子计算和量子算法的。本书一开始就有一章介绍了量子力学的基本规则，以及如何用它们来构建量子电路和进行计算。

此外，还介绍了Grover的非结构化搜索算法，讨论了其后果和应用。

接下来，讨论了重要的技术，如量子傅里叶变换和量子相位估计。最后，解释了Shor的整数分解算法。

最后，详细解释了量子散步，包括离散和连续时间模型，并描述了这种技术在量子算法设计和分析中的应用。

雷纳托-葡萄牙1981年毕业于里约热内卢天主教大学物理学专业，1988年在巴西物理学研究中心获得物理学博士学位。1997年和2008年，他在加拿大滑铁卢大学担任客座教授，1998年在金斯敦皇后大学担任客座教授。他目前是国家科学计算实验室（LNCC）的正式研究员。目前，他在量子计算领域工作，重点是以下子领域：量子计算的算法，量子行走的分析和模拟，以及经典密码学。

Franklin de Lima Marquezino于2004年毕业于彼得罗波利斯天主教大学计算机科学专业，并于2010年在国家科学计算实验室（LNCC）获得计算机建模博士学位。他还在LNCC做了一年的博士后研究工作。自2011年起，他是里约热内卢联邦大学的副教授，主要从事量子算法和量子行走领域的研究。

卡里尔-拉沃1996年毕业于坎皮纳斯大学数学系，2001年在里约热内卢联邦大学获得计算机科学博士学位。他是著名机构的客座教授，如法国理工学院（2008-2009）和杜克大学（2013-2014）。自2005年以来，他一直在坎皮纳斯大学工作，现在是该校的正式教授。他是《欧几里得距离几何学》和《几何代数对时空物理学、机器人学和分子几何学的邀请》两本书的合著者，也是《距离几何学。理论、方法和应用 "一书的共同编辑，均由施普林格出版。