Jonathan Jones: Graduate Class
A&L Graduate Class: Quantum Information
This course is not currently taught!
Outline
This course is an introduction to quantum information theory based on Nielsen
and Chuang (see below), and it is effectively essential to obtain a copy of this
text. There are no lectures; instead a number of problems will be set each week
which should be attempted before attending the class. In the class students will
be required to present their solutions to one another and discuss them; I will
only step in if things are becoming unclear. In principle everything you need to
know can either be found by reading the course text or by using a little
thought. How far we get will depend on the speed we manage to move at! I would
hope to reach the end of section 2.1 (problem 2.50) during Hilary. Classes
in Trinity term will be given by Professor Steane and he may continue with the
book or use a different approach.
Prerequisites
This course will assume a familiarity with elementary quantum
information theory such as might be obtained from the Oxford 4th year
course C2. As a rough guide, read chapter 1 of Nielsen and Chuang; if
most of it seems familiar you should be OK.
Classes
Classes will be held in the Audrey Wood seminar room from 2pm-4pm on
Tuesdays afternoons in weeks 7 and 8 of Hilary.
Work and marking
You should do the problems assigned and assess your own
performance by providing a mark on the following scale: A full
understanding of all problems, A- only minor difficulties,
B+ good understanding of key areas, B basic understanding
of key areas and good understanding of some areas, B- basic understanding of some areas, C
understand the questions but little idea of how to answer them, D
don't even understand the questions. Work should be handed in by 5pm
on the preceding Monday; it will not be formally marked but a sample of
scripts will be checked! Marks may also be adjusted based on your
performance in class.
Set problems
- Hilary 7
- Exercises 2.1-2.25
- Hilary 8
- Exercises 2.26-2.47
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Registering
Please email me at jonathan.jones@qubit.org if
you would like to attend, giving your name, a photo or a link to a photo
(for ease of identification in the class!), and a one sentence summary
of your background in QIP. Graduate students who are not members of the
first year graduate class may be permitted to attend if there is space
but priority will be given to those who are.
Recommended Text Books
*
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, by Michael A.
Nielsen
and Isaac L. Chuang is widely available in college libraries and copies
are owned by many research groups. It can be bought at Blackwells
or click on the cover to buy a copy from Amazon.