Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Motivation

    • Course content

    • Course details

    • Suggested reading

    • Supplementary reading

    • Non-technical quantum computing introductions

    • Perusall
  • 2

    Week 0

    • Operational approach: notes for lecture 0.1

    • Lecture 0.1: Operational formulation of quantum theory (Introduction).

    • Operational approaches: notes for lecture 0.2

    • Lecture 0.2: Operational formulation of quantum theory I.

    • Operational approaches: notes for lecture 0.3

    • Lecture 0.3: Operational formulation of quantum theory II.

    • Tutorial: Density Operators, No-Cloning and Basic Protocols

    • Tutorial Zoom link

    • Tutorial submission (only if you did not attend)

    • Lecture 0.4 (optional): Operationalism versus realism and the measurement problem.

    • Operational approach: notes for lecture 0.4 (optional)

    • No cloning and superluminal signalling

    • Myths about no-cloning

    • Optional homework assignment

    • Tutorial 1: solutions