1. Quantum Computing – Applicable Algebra goes to Physics

   • Thomas Beth
   • Markus Grassl

   Editorial Pages: 269 - 272

2. Rolf Landauer – in Memoriam

   • Charles H. Bennett

   Pages: 273 - 276

3. From Endicott House to Schloß Dagstuhl

   • Roland Vollmar

   Pages: 277 - 278

4. Separation of Orbits under Group Actions with an Application to Quantum Systems

   • Martin Rötteler<--ID="*"supported by DFG grant GRK 209/3-98-->
   • Jörn Müller-Quade

   Algebra and Algorithms Pages: 279 - 303

5. Shifts on a Finite Qubit String: A Class of Quantum Baker's Maps

   • Rüdiger Schack
   • Carlton M. Caves

   Pages: 305 - 310

6. Nested Quantum Search and NP-Hard Problems

   • Nicolas J. Cerf
   • Lov K. Grover
   • Colin P. Williams

   Pages: 311 - 338

7. Principles and Demonstrations of Quantum Information Processing by NMR Spectroscopy

   • T. F. Havel
   • S. S. Somaroo
   • D. G. Cory

   Engineering Pages: 339 - 374

8. Josephson Junction based Quantum Computing

   • Yuriy Makhlin
   • Gerd Schön
   • Alexander Shnirman

   Pages: 375 - 382

9. Quantum Key Distribution: from Principles to Practicalities

   • Dagmar Bruß
   • Norbert Lütkenhaus

   Cryptography and Communication Pages: 383 - 399

10. A Foundation of Quantum Channels with Super Additiveness for Shannon Information

    • Osamu Hirota

    Pages: 401 - 423