Math 410-02, Introduction to Quantum Computing Spring 2010

There are more information on http://blackboard.wm.edu/.

Instructor: Chi-Kwong Li

Meeting time and place: TT 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Jones 301
Office: Jones 128, Tel: 221-2042, Fax: 221-7400
E-mail: ckli@math.wm.edu, http://www/math.wm.edu/~ckli
Office hours: TT 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Wed. 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., or by appointments

• M. Nakahara and T. Ohmi, Quantum computing: From Linear Algebra to Physical Realizations,
  CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, New York, 2008.
  http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-Algebra-Physical-Realizations/dp/0750309830

Additional references:

• M. Hirvensalo, Quantum Computing, (2nd edition), Springer, New York, 2004.
• G. Johnson, A Shortcut Through Time: The Path to the Quantum Computer, Alfred A. Knopf, New york, 2003.
• P. Kaye, R. Laflamme and M. Mosca, An introduction to quantum computing, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007.
• A. Yu Kitaev, A. H. Shen, and M. N. Vyalyi, Classical and Quantum Computation (Graduate Studies in Mathematics), AMS, Rhode Island, 2002.
• D. McMahon, Quantum Computing Explained, Wiley and Sons, 2008, New York.
• M.A. Nielsen and I.L. Chuang, Quantum computation and quantum information, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000.
• A. O. Pittenger, An introduction to quantum computing algorithms, Birkhauser, Boston 1999.

The course may lead to undergraduate research opportunities in the summer sponsored by the NSF CSUMS grant at William and Mary:
http://web.wm.edu/mathematics/CSUMS.php?&=&svr=www

Homework will be assigned every lecture and due the following Tuesday.
Homework sessions will be conducted on Monday by the Mellon Teaching Fellows: Virginia Forstall and Aaron Herman.

Challenging problems will be assigned from time to time;
extra-credits will be given to successful (or partially successful) attempts.

            
     Quizzes (20 min. each) on Feb. 4, 18, Mar. 25, April 8, 22.
    
     Exams:  Mid-term   March 4    1:20 hrs  (9:30-11:00 a.m.)
             Final      May  11    3    hrs  (9:00-noon)
    
     Grades (for homework, quizzes, exams, final grade, etc.):

     %: 0 - 60 - 65 - 70 - 75 - 80 - 83 - 87 - 90 - 93 - 100
          F    D    C-   C    C+   B-   B    B+   A-    A
     
     Assessment: Homework  Quizzes   Mid-term    Final
    
                   20%       20%       25%       35%
   
               (Extra credit problems may add another 5%)