For anyone new to quantum computing, here are two good intro papers: <p><i>Quantum Computation explained to my Mother</i>
<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0305045" rel="nofollow">http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0305045</a><p><i>An Introduction to Quantum Computing for Non-Physicists</i>
<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9809016" rel="nofollow">http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9809016</a>