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Quantum Computing
- The Basics
Covered in many meetings over the last year
References: The “Old Notes”
- Quantum Teleportation
Tina presented this (for the 2nd time) on 21 May 2017
References: The “Old Notes” – Starting on page 61.
- The Density Matrix, Measuring Entanglement
Meetings: 11 Dec 2016, 12 Feb 2017, 26 Feb 2017
References: The “New Notes”
- Grover’s Algorithm
Meeting on 9 April 2017
References: Emma Strubell’s Notes – Starting on page 20.
- Superdense Coding
(Tentatively scheduled for 20 Aug 17)
References: Nielsen and Chuang – Starting on page 97.
- (TBD) The Mach-Zehnder interferometer and its relationship to quantum circuits
Quantum Mechanics
- Basic facts about the Schrödinger equation
Covered on 9 July 2017
References: Any quantum mechanics textbook.
- The transition from discrete to continuous vector spaces
Meeting on 23 July 2017
References: (None so far, unfortunately.)
- Some basic solutions to the Schrödinger equation
- (TBD) Infinite Well
- (TBD) Finite Step
- (TBD) Review of the Classical Oscillator
- (TBD) Harmonic Oscillator
- (1st introduction to) Interpretations of Quantum Theory
- (TBD) The “textbook” interpretation
- (TBD) Problems:
– The ontological status of the quantum state
– The measurement problem
– The “locality” debate
- Interpretations
– (TBD) Everett
– (TBD) Pilot Wave (de Broglie / Bohm)
– (TBD) The “no interpretation” interpretation
– (TBD) Others
Weird quantum scenarios
- (TBD) The Zeno and Inverse Zeno effects
- (TBD) The Delayed Choice experiment
- (TBD) The Elitzur–Vaidman bomb tester
- (TBD) The Double Slit experiment
Special Relativity
General Relativity
Quantum Aspects of Life