2.111J / 8.411 / 6.898 / 18.435J / ESD.79 Quantum Computation 

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Physics

Department of Electrical Engineering

Department of Mathematics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Fall 2010

 

Syllabus 

  • Introduction
  • 9/09; PS#1 out
  • Unit 1: Quantum Mechanics
  •      Four postulates; states 9/14
         Gates ; Bloch thm, Solovay-Kitaev thm 9/16; PS#1 due, PS#2 out
         Measurement ; pure vs mixed 9/21
         Composite systems & Entangled states 9/23; PS#2 due, PS#3 out
         no class (instructor away) 9/28
         Entanglement as a resource 9/30; PS#3 due, PS#4 out
  • Unit 2: Computation
  •      Classical computation 10/05
         Quantum Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm 10/07; PS#4 due, PS#5 out
         Quantum Factoring I 10/12
         Quantum Factoring II 10/14; PS#5 due
         Quantum search algorithm 10/19
    Midterm Exam 10/21; PS#6 out
         Quantum Simulation I 10/26
         Quantum Simulation II 10/28; PS#6 due; PS#7 out
  • Unit 3: Implementation
  •      Spins, and NMR 11/02
         Springs & atoms 11/04; PS#7 due; PS#8 out
         Solid state systems 11/09
         no class (Veteran's day) 11/11
         Models of QC I 11/16; PS#8 due; PS#9 out
         Models of QC II 11/18
  • Unit 4: Communication
  •      Quantum noise 11/23; PS#9 due, PS#10 out
         no class (Thanksgiving) 11/25
         Quantum error correction 11/30
         Quantum protocols 12/02; PS#10 due
         Qauntum channels 12/07
         Cryptography 12/09
     
    The final exam is Monday Dec. 13, 1:30pm-4:30pm in Walker Memorial


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