Quantum Computation
Fall 2004, Hebrew University
Instructor: Dorit Aharonov
Office: Ross 72, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 02-6584611
TA: Ido Bergman
Announcements:
There will be an additional class between 18:00-20:00 on the 2/1/2005. It will take place at Ross building room number 63.
General Information:
General Information:
Time and Place:
Hebrew University: Monday, 12:00-13:45, Shprintsak 202, Thursday 11:00-11:45, Shprintsak 201
Tirgul:
In the first few weeks at least there will be two groups. Thursday 10:00-10:45, Shprintsak 201, and Thursday 10:00-10:45, Shprintsak 201.
Homework:
There will be 5-6 exercises during the semester.
Only the first exercise, which concentrates on definitions,
needs to be submitted individually, so that each one of you gets
a handle of the model.
The rest of the exercises can be done in pairs.
Exam:
At the end, there will be a conference day:
each of the
students will present a
paper that he or she
have read. And there will be Pizza...
If you really really don't want to do talk in front of class,
there will be an alternative.
-
There will be 5-6 exercises during the semester.
Only the first exercise, which concentrates on definitions,
needs to be submitted individually, so that each one of you gets
a handle of the model.
The rest of the exercises can be done in pairs.
Exam:
At the end, there will be a conference day:
each of the
students will present a
paper that he or she
have read. And there will be Pizza...
If you really really don't want to do talk in front of class,
there will be an alternative.
Exercises:
Exercise 1
Papers to lecture on: You should choose a paper from this
list.
The different papers vary in their difficulty and the background they require (more mathematics, more physics...) so please feel free to consult me about choosing the paper. Papers that are already chosen will be marked with a star.
References:
There are a few good places to look at:
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, By Michael Nielsen and Ike Chuang,Cambridge University Press. (Two copies preserved in the (math) library.)
Quantum Theory : Concepts and Methods (Fundamental
Theories of Physics, Vol 57), by Asher Peres, Kluwer Academic Pub. (Two copies preserved in the library.)
Other than this, the lecture notes by Preskill (a link below) and my
review article which can be found on my web page can be very helpful.
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, By Michael Nielsen and Ike Chuang,Cambridge University Press. (Two copies preserved in the (math) library.)
Quantum Theory : Concepts and Methods (Fundamental
Theories of Physics, Vol 57), by Asher Peres, Kluwer Academic Pub. (Two copies preserved in the library.)
Other than this, the lecture notes by Preskill (a link below) and my
review article which can be found on my web page can be very helpful.
Quantum Theory : Concepts and Methods (Fundamental Theories of Physics, Vol 57), by Asher Peres, Kluwer Academic Pub. (Two copies preserved in the library.)
Links to quantum computation web pages.
The Los-Alamos Archive.
Also called quant-ph.
You can find most papers on quantum computation there.
John Preskill's Home page.
John's quantum course contains excellent and very coherent
lecture notes.
Umesh Vazirani's
Course web page.
We will follow Umesh's course quite closely, so you might find the
lecture notes very useful.
Isaac Chuang's
Course web page
at MIT.
- Also called quant-ph.
You can find most papers on quantum computation there.
John's quantum course contains excellent and very coherent lecture notes.
Umesh Vazirani's
Course web page.
We will follow Umesh's course quite closely, so you might find the
lecture notes very useful.
Isaac Chuang's
Course web page
at MIT.
-
We will follow Umesh's course quite closely, so you might find the
lecture notes very useful.
Isaac Chuang's
Course web page
at MIT.
- at MIT.