MATH 613: Precepts of Quantum Computation and Quantum Mechanics (Spring 2005)

Instructor: Greg Kuperberg

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This course will be a mathematician's introduction to quantum computation, quantum information theory, and quantum mechanics. I will only cover rigorous and relatively simple aspects of quantum theory, thereby avoiding quantum field theory entirely. This will still be enough to discuss many things that are difficult to understand because they are difficult to believe, for example: the two-slit experiment; the EPR paradox and Bell's inequalities; true random number generators and quantum communications security; and quantum algorithms that are exponentially faster than competing classical algorithms.

I will follow parts of the book "Quantum computation and quantum information," by Nielsen and Chuang, as well as my own course notes under development.

Last modified: October 7, 2004