Docker containers are nice and offer a very lean and structured way to package and deploy applications. However, if you really want to run large scale containerized applications, you need more - you need to deploy, orchestrate and manager all your containers in a highly customizable and automated way. In other words, you need a … Continue reading Kubernetes – an overview
After all the work done in the previous posts, we are now ready to actually implement Shor's factoring algorithm on a real quantum computer, using once more IBMs Q Experience and the Qiskit framework. First, recall that Shor's algorithm is designed to factor an integer M, with the restriction that M is supposed to be … Continue reading Factoring integers on a quantum computer with Qiskit
When you are faced with a problem in linear algebra and have absolutely no idea what to do, an eigenvalue decomposition is the one thing that you would typically try first. In the world of quantum algorithms, the situation is similar - finding the eigenvalues of a matrix is a central building block of many … Continue reading Quantum phase estimation – the quantum algorithm Swiss army knife
The quantum Fourier transform is a key building block of many quantum algorithms, from Shor's factoring algorithm over matrix inversion to quantum phase estimation and simulations. Time to see how this can be implemented with Qiskit. Recall that the quantum Fourier transform (or, depending on conventions, its inverse) is given by $latex |x \rangle \mapsto … Continue reading Implementing the quantum Fourier transform with Qiskit
In one of the previous posts, we have looked at the basics of the Qiskit package that allows us to create and run quantum algorithms in Python. In this post, we will apply this to model and execute a real quantum algorithm - the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm. Recall that the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm is designed to solve … Continue reading Running the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm on IBMs Q experience
In our previous discussion of quantum error correction, we have assumed that quantum gates can act on any two physical qubits. In reality, however, this is not true - only nearby qubits and interact, and our error correction needs to take the geometric arrangements of the qubits into account. The link between these geometric constraints … Continue reading Quantum error correction with stabilizer codes
In the previous post, we have looked at the basic ideas behind quantum error correction, namely the encoding of logical states so that we are able to detect and correct errors like bit flip and phase flip errors. Unfortunately, this is not yet good enough to implement quantum computing in a fault-tolerant way. What is … Continue reading Fault tolerant quantum computing
