Welcome to your first step into the funky world of Quantum computing! Whether you have some or no experience, this module is here to help you get a quick start into understanding (and engineering) all the really, really small things.
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To even start doing anything quantum, it’s important to understand a bit of how it works. So, we’re gonna have to talk some physics. But don’t worry, I’ll spare you (most of) the math.
So to start, light is a wave, but also a particle. Fun. But it’s also not the only thing that has this weird wave-particle duality. so do electrons! and protons, neutrons and pretty much every other tiny thing we can’t see with our eyes. Spin (up and down). what quantum computers and devices do is use this spin as its “ones” and “zeroes”. magnetic field plays an effect. actually, lots of things play an effect. entanglement makes things even weirder.
So there you go! Now you know the basics to get started with quantum computing & engineering.
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Interested in more? Here are some good additional resources that explain the concepts of quantum mechanics pretty well:
Here are some links to help get your computer set up to use to the quantum computer:
To learn how to use the quantum computer, check out the IBM Qiskit Tutorials: