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= ECE445/545 Fall 2021: Course Textbooks

I will be using a variety of sources for the course (none of them are required). Our primary source will be:
- "Quantum Computation and Information" by Nielsen & Chuang

Another accessible source for a wide range of material is:
 - The lecture notes by John Preskill found [http://www.theory.caltech.edu/%7Epreskill/ph219/index.html here] 

Nice introductions to quantum computing for non-physicists are given by:
- “Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction” by David Mermin
- “Quantum Computing: A Gentle Introduction” by Eleanor Rieffel and Wolfgang Polak.

More extensive texts on quantum information and computation, which can be excellent material for those wishing to further explore the subject:
- "From Classical to Quantum Shannon Theory" by Mark M. Wilde.  The draft, pre-publication copy is available on the [https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.1445 arXiv here].