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Date  Lecture Topics Reading Extra  Readings & Exercises Assignment out/due Assignment graded
Sept 4th & 9th Course organization & introduction pdf   Gates & transistors
Non-mathematical introductions to Quantum Mechanics: 
QM1QM2QM3QM4
   
Sept 11th & 16th Properties of waves, complex numbers pdf   Waves1Waves2
Complex numbers
   
Sept 18th  Complexity Theory pdf        
Sept 23th & 25th Mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics (Hilbert space, i.e. linear algebra) pdf        
Oct 2th Two qubit quantum systems pdf        
Oct 7th & 9th  Quantum circuits  pdf     Assignment 1  pdf  
Oct 16th & 23th Introduction to quantum algorithms pdf   Expressing Q-states in different basis pdf
More on hadamard transform pdf
   
Oct. 28th Another way to look at Deutsch-Jozsa's algo.  pdf     Midterm pdf  
Oct. 30th U quantum circuits  pdf
Please, this evening, bring your classnotes on linear algebra
       
Nov. 13th Phase kick-back and phase shifts pdf     A1 solutions pdf  
Nov.  18th Quantum search algorithms        
Nov 25th Grover's algorithm pdf        
Nov. 27th Student presentations
    Solution to Q6 of midterm pdf  
Dec. 2th Student presentations         
Dec. 4th  Student presentations        
Dec. 9th
    Student presentations  
       
           

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