4782 Homework

August 18th & 20th:

(course outline) Introduction & 1-qubit theory, QCQI Sections 1.2-1.3,- 2.1

August 25th & 27th:

(course outline)Multiple qubits and linear algebra, Bell's inequalities, QCQI Sections 1.3-2.1-2.6

Homework 1 :

(weekly announcement)

1)- Read carefully Nielsen-Chang (QCQI), Section 2.1
2)- Treat as many exercises in Section 2.1 as possible
3)- Turn in exercises (to be graded) # 2.5, 2.8, 2.9, 2.17, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22, 2.26, 2.27, 2.33, 2.34, 2.35, 2.39

Due date : Tuesday September 1st, 1:35PM

September 1st & 3rd :

(course outline)Principles of Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Circuits, QCQI Sections 1.3-2.2-4

September 8th & 10th:

(course outline)Invited Guest: experiments,

Homework 2 :

(weekly announcement)
1)- Read carefully Nielsen-Chang, Section 4.2 & 4.3
2)- Treat as many exercises in Section 4.3 as possible
3)- Turn in exercises (to be graded) # 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.13, 4.17, 4.18, 4.21, 4.23, 4.24, 4.25, 4.35
Due date : Tuesday September 22th, 1:35PM

Report: submit your proposal

(main page) Thursday September 17th by email,
(Report submission

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September 15th & 17th:

(course outline)Quantum Fourier transforms, QCQI Sections 5.1

September 22th & 24th:

(course outline)Phase estimate, order finding, QCQI Sections 5.2-5.3

Homework 3 :

(weekly announcement)
1)- Read carefully Nielsen-Chang, Section 5; in particular read the Boxes # 5.2 & 5.3
2)- Treat as many exercises in Section 5 as possible
3)- Turn in exercises (to be graded) # 5.1, 5.4, 5.6, 5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.17
Due date : Tuesday October 13th, 1:35PM

(main page) Fast Fourier Transform: FFT

September 29th & October 1st :

(course outline) The Shor and Groves algorithms, QCQI Sections 5.3 -6.1-6.2

October 8th (Fall recess Oct 5-6):

(course outline) Measurement : pure states and mixture, Bloch sphere QCQI Sections 1.3-2.4-2.5

October 13th & 15th:

(course outline) Measurements: various aspects, quantum operations QCQI Sections 2.2-8

Homework 4 :

(weekly announcement)
1)- Read carefully Nielsen-Chang, Sections 2.2-2.5 & 6.1-6.2 & 8.1- 8.2
2)- Read and learn Boxes # 2.3, 2.4
3)- Turn in exercises (to be graded) # 2.57, 2.58, 2.61, 2.71, 2.73, 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 8.4, 8.6
Due date : Tuesday November 3rd, 1:35PM

October 20th & 22th:

(course outline) Measurement and Quantum Operations QCQI Sections 8

October 27th & 29th:

(course outline) Quantum Operation and Dissipative Evolution QCQI Sections 8

Homework 5 :

(weekly announcement)
1)- Read carefully Nielsen-Chang, Section 8
2)- Read and learn Boxes # 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, and treat as many exercises as possible
3)- Turn in exercises (to be graded) # 8.5, 8.7, 8.9, 8.10, 8.15, 8.18,.19, 8.24 (difficult), 8.28, Pb 8.2
Due date : Thursday November 19th, 1:35PM

Progress report:

(main page) Thursday October 22th by email,
(Progress report

)

November 3rd & 5th:

(course outline) Distance measures for quantum information QCQI Sections 9

November 10th & 12th:

(course outline) Quantum Error Corrections I, QCQI Sections 10.1-10.3

Homework 6 :

(weekly announcement)
1)- Read carefully Nielsen-Chang, Sections 9-10.1-10.3
2)- Treat as many exercises as possible
3)- Turn in exercises (to be graded) # 9.3, 9.5, 9.8, 9.10, 9.15, 9.17, 9.18, 9.22, 10.3, 10.4, Pb 9.1
Due date : Thursday December 1st, 1:35PM

November 17th & 19th:

(course outline) Quantum Error Corrections II, QCQI Sections 10

November 24th: (Thanksgiving on 26th)

(course outline) Quantum Error Corrections III, QCQI Sections 10

December 1st & 3rd:

(course outline) Quantum Error Corrections IV, QCQI Sections 10

(weekly announcement)

(main page) Homework # 2: correction
Final exams: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,

Final report:

(main page) Monday November 30th by email,
(Final report

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