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Quantum Computing (was 570C)

Offering:

3.000 Credit Hours

Prerequisites:

PHYS 360 or 460 or 550

Description:

This course is an introduction to the physics of quantum information science. Starting with the concepts of quantum superposition, it defines and describes qubits (quantum bits) and their manipulation by quantum logic gates. The topics of quantum entanglement and the EPR paradox (the only "true" paradox in physics) are introduced, and their importance for quantum teleportation, communication and quantum cryptography are covered. Quantum computing is described in terms of quantum circuits of logic gates, and in terms of quantum algorithms such as Deutche's algorithm, the quantum fourier transform, Shor's prime factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm. The final topic is quantum decoherence and the limits it places on practical implementations of quantum computing.
More info: Quantum_Computation.pdf

Instructor(s):

Lyanda-Geller, Yuli

Email:

yuli@purdue.edu

Location

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Textbook(s) for Fall 2012

Textbooks for Fall 2012
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS526 REQUIRED: Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction   N. David Mermin  1 Ed. (Sept. 2007)  978-0521876582  Cambridge University Press 
PHYS526 RECOMMENDED: The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Computation (Hardcover)   Dick Bouwmeester, Artur K. Ekert & Anton Zeilinger  1 Ed. (June 2000)  978-3540667780   Springer 
PHYS526 RECOMMENDED: Quantum Computation and Quantum Information   Michael A. Nielsen & Isaac L. Chuang  1 Ed. (Sept. 2007)  978-1107002173  Cambridge University Press 
PHYS526 classical and Quantum Computation (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)(Paperback)   A. Yu. Kitaev, A.H. Shen, M.N. Vyalyi  May 2002  978-0821832295  Amer Mathematical Society