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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 |
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| Sept 11th & 16th | Properties of waves, complex numbers pdf | Waves1Waves2 Complex numbers |
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| 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 |
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| Oct. 28th | Another way to look at Deutsch-Jozsa's algo. pdf | Midterm pdf | |||
| Oct. 30th | Uf quantum circuits pdf
Please, this evening, bring your classnotes on linear algebra |
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| 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 | ||||
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