MP472 Quantum information and computation

NUI Maynooth, Spring 2008

 

Dr. Jiri Vala

Department of Mathematical Physics

jiri.vala@nuim.ie

 

 

IMPORTANT:  

 

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1) Essential Information:

 

Lectures:

- location          Math Hall, Logic House, South Campus

- time               Tuesday           3   pm

                        Friday              11 am

 

Tutorials:         

- location          Math Hall, Logic House, South Campus

- time               Friday 10  am

 

2) Requirements

 

80% Exam

20% Continuous assessment    

 

3) Lecture notes/handouts:

 

For your convenience, below are downloadable (pdf) notes/slides from the presentations given at lectures. Please note that even though they provide a good idea about the presented material, they should not be taken as substitutes for lectures.

 

Notes 1 (lectures 4 Feb & 8 Feb)

Notes 2 (lecture 12 Feb)

Notes 3 (lecture 15 Feb)

Notes 4 (lecture 26 Feb)

Notes 5 (lecture 29 Feb & 4 March)

Notes 6 (lectures 7 March and 11 March)

Notes 7 (lectures 14 March and 1 April)

Notes 8 (lecture 4 April)

Notes 9 (lecture April 8 and April 11)

Notes 10 (lecture April 14)

Notes 11 (lecture April 18)

Notes 12 (lecture April 18)

Notes 13 (lecture April 25)

Notes 14 (lecture April 25)

Notes 15 (lecture May 2)

Notes 16 (lecture May 2)

Notes 17 (lecture May 2)

Notes 18 (lecture May 6)

Notes 19 (lecture May 6)

 

4) Further reading (on which the lectures are based on in some extent):

 

Michael Nielsen, Isaac Chuang,

Quantum Computation and Information,

Cambridge 2000

 

Michael Crommie, Umesh Vazirani, Birgitta Whaley,

Phys/CS/Chem 191 Lecture notes, UC Berkeley 

 

John Preskill,

Physics 219, Caltech

 

Alexei Kitaev, A.H. Shen, M.N. Vyalyi,

Classical and Quantum Computation

American Mathematical Society 2002