Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
423718 Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 2007 15 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this paper we offer a programming approach to quantum computation using mixed states. Mixed-state quantum systems generalise standard (pure) quantum systems by allowing the state of the system to be a probabilistic distribution of pure states. We build on previous work by Aharonov et al. and generalise their results from quantum circuits to probabilistic (and quantum) programs.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Computer Science Computational Theory and Mathematics