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This paper presents SQCS: a Mathematica package for the symbolic simulation of quantum computation. It can be a useful tool in the development and testing of quantum algorithms as well as in the teaching and learning of quantum computation.
The strength of this symbolic approach is here illustrated with Grover’s quantum algorithm for database search.
This work was partially supported by the R&D unit Center for Research in Optimization and Control (CEOC) of the University of Aveiro – Portugal.
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Pereira, A., Rodrigues, R. (2006). A Symbolic Approach to Quantum Computation Simulation. In: Alexandrov, V.N., van Albada, G.D., Sloot, P.M.A., Dongarra, J. (eds) Computational Science – ICCS 2006. ICCS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3992. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11758525_61
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