# A Motivation for Quantum Computing

DevFeed: [A Motivation for Quantum Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-motivation-for-quantum-computing-40372.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2014/12/08/a-motivation-for-quantum-computing/>)

Published: 2014-12-08T10:00:48Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [Quantum Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantum-computing.md>), [circuit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/circuit.md>), [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [quantum mechanics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/quantum-mechanics.md>)

Tags: [circuit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/circuit.md>), [computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computing.md>), [experiments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiments.md>), [mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mathematics.md>), [physics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/physics.md>), [quantum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum.md>), [quantum-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-computing.md>), [quantum-mechanics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-mechanics.md>), [unitary-matrices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unitary-matrices.md>)

## AI overview

This article motivates the study of quantum computing by connecting quantum mechanics with the quantum circuit, a computing model that extends the classical Turing-machine perspective. It argues for teaching quantum mechanics from its conceptual core, including amplitudes and generalized probability.

## Source excerpt

Quantum mechanics is one of the leading scientific theories describing the rules that govern the universe. It's discovery and formulation was one of the most important revolutions in the history of mankind, contributing in no small part to the invention of the transistor and the laser. Here at Math ∩ Programming we don't put too much emphasis on physics or engineering, so it might seem curious to study quantum physics. But as the reader is likely aware, quantum mechanics forms the basis of one of the most interesting models of computing since the Turing machine: the quantum circuit.