MP472 Quantum information and computation
NUI Maynooth, Spring 2008
Dr. Jiri Vala
Department of Mathematical Physics
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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 5 (lecture 29 Feb & 4
March)
Notes 6 (lectures 7 March and 11 March)
Notes 7 (lectures 14 March and 1 April)
Notes 9 (lecture April 8 and April 11)
4) Further reading (on which the lectures are based on in
some extent):
Michael Nielsen, Isaac Chuang,
Quantum Computation and Information,
Michael Crommie, Umesh
Vazirani, Birgitta Whaley,
Phys/CS/Chem 191 Lecture notes, UC Berkeley
Alexei Kitaev, A.H. Shen, M.N. Vyalyi,
Classical and Quantum Computation
American Mathematical Society 2002