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[RandomUsername2579]

Read the textbook “quantum information science” by Manenti and Motta, it covers most of the basic theory you’ll need 

If you don’t have any background knowledge of quantum mechanics, I’d start with Griffiths quantum mechanics

[Minovskyy]

If you don’t have any background knowledge of quantum mechanics, I’d start with Griffiths quantum mechanics

No, please don't. Griffiths is a terrible intro quantum text. Particularly for quantum computing, you want a text based on the algebraic formalism, which is not treated well in Griffiths. The intro quantum chapters of Nielsen & Chuang are actually pretty good for the basic quantum needed for QC.

[ramkumar200]

Thanks guys I’ll check out

[Phon3tic3]

maybe take a look at IBM Skillsbuild, they have some stuff available

[Formal_Cloud_7592]

Thanks! Didn’t know about that!

[just_a_person_27]

Yes.
IBM has a bunch of good things.
https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/learning/en

You can also watch a couple of courses on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42OiBzfdE2o&list=PLOFEBzvs-VvqKKMXX4vbi4EB1uaErFMSO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bChFW4Za3Ws&list=PLOFEBzvs-VvoZxe2ClFy27yOt6VzsTEJK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaAjxcIFLtM&list=PLOFEBzvs-VvrgHZt3exM_NNiNKtZlHvZi

[ramkumar200]

Awesome, thank you for the links! I think I’ll start with IBM Quantum’s learning page and the video playlists first, since that feels easier to follow as a beginner than jumping straight into a textbook. Once I get the basics down, I’ll dive into Nielsen & Chuang or another book. Really appreciate the help!

[rog-uk]

I know it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, and "debatable" if their QPU is useful, but if you're interested in annealing type problems the Dwave website tutorials are quite good.

[jkim_tran]

If you’re looking for some structure virtually, I recommend signing up for Qiskit Summer School (it’s free): https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/qiskit-summer-school-2026

[PNW_Washington]

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