Thursday, January 26, 2012

Introduction to Quantam Computing

Okay this one is going to be painful at best. For a novice (like me) who has no idea and regards the word Quantam with distaste and annoyance , it is only fair to start from the very beginning. The birth of the word , and follow along. Quantam and company is a vast universe of information , papers , theories, maths , physics , equations and problems. It is ever evolving and promises great change into the shape of planet. Ofcourse that didn't mean it would make our earth look like a pentagon , it would however have considerable effect on the technology and lifestyle for that matter, that we currently are accustomed to.

I foresee this article spawning into many pages , so we'll have our coffee sip by sip , second by second , day by day .

Lets start with Quantum.

Quantam Physics

Quantum physics is considered to be an aspect of modern physics. It can be termed as the only major addition to the early physics led out by the kinds of newton. Max plank , a german physicist would be credited for laying the groundwork of the theory.

In the simplest of words , Max plank noted that radiant energy (for example that coming off from a bulb) is not continuous in nature, as picked up by a human eye. When we see a bulb in our room , we can note that the nature of light coming off is continuous. It doesn’t break down. But quantum physics says otherwise. It says radiant energy emitting from a system is NOT in a continuous stream , but in pieces(quanta); its discontinuous. Its not like the flow of the river , rather its like rain ; drop by drop(or like tears -for the very poetic in nature :) ). This assertion of Max plank astonished the world , who were habitual in considering classical physic’s assertion that the emission and absorption of energy like all physical processes takes place in a continuous manner

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