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Re:Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Ser... by kkaranth on Thursday January 31, 2019 @03:48AM (#19043417)
As someone who understands nothing about quantum computing, what are some good resources to begin learning? Hopefully with examples/code that I can run.
Re:Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Ser... by learned on Thursday January 31, 2019 @10:19AM (#19045314)
Yanofsky and Manucci's "Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists" is a smooth intro if you come from a CS background.

Nielsen and Chuang's "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" is more thorough and advanced from a mathematical point of view. But it contains a primer on the linear algebra required.

Re:Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Ser... by mgsk on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:32AM (#19046014)
Since we're talking about Rigetti, you could take a look at pyquil: http://docs.rigetti.com/en/stable/index.html

pyQuil is the python interface to Rigetti's Forest SDK for quantum programming and development.

Re:Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Ser... by MzxgckZtNqX5i on Thursday January 31, 2019 @05:38AM (#19043841)
I'm currently taking a class of QC and we're following the book "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information" by Michael Nielsen and Isaac Chuang: I find it very clear and it doesn't assume prior experience/knowledge of the topic. I suggest you to give a look.
Re:Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Ser... by HillRat on Thursday January 31, 2019 @08:58AM (#19044689)
Aaronson’s “Quantum Computing Since Democritus” is quite good. For hands-on examples, pull down the Microsoft quantum development kit, which includes the Q# programming language and the ability to run programs on a simulated quantum computer or submit to quantum runtimes like IBM’s.
Re:Rigetti launches the public beta of its Quantum Cloud Ser... by minxomat on Thursday January 31, 2019 @04:02AM (#19043468)
IBM quantum experience gives you courses, a simulator and the real thing. It's pretty good for learning.