Description

This course is aimed at science and engineering students interested in pursuing careers in the broad field of Quantum Information Science and Engineering, which is an emerging field located at the intersection of mathematics, physics, and computer science. Emphasis will be put on understanding how inherently quantum phenomena like interference and entanglement can lead to faster and more secure information processing even in the presence of noise. The following topics will be covered: elements of quantum theory, qubits, quantum gates, measurements, entanglement, density matrices, quantum computation, quantum algorithms, quantum cryptography. This course serves a a pre-requisite for PHYS.5340L Introduction to Quantum Information Lab, which introduces the IBM quantum experience platform. Students should have completed, or have the equivalent know provide by, MATH.3810 or PHYS.3810. Non-physics majors familiar with linear algebra and complex numbers are encouraged to contact the instructor to discuss enrollment.