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Entries for January, 2006

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 9 and 10

New notes on Fourier transforms. Also note that the old notes have some typos fixed. Almost to factoring! Lecture Notes Lecture Notes 1: Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory Lecture Notes 2: Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing Lecture Notes 3: One Qubit, Two Qubit Lecture Notes 4: The No-Cloning Theorem, Classical [...]

OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb

Earth sized planet (approximately 5.5 times the mass of the Earth) found and this time not in one of these crazy close to the star orbits. Similarly sized extrasolar planets have been found before. But the method used to detect them meant we could see smallish planets only when they were very close to their [...]

QIP 2006?

So how was QIP 2006, peoples? I hope it was cold, because every QIP I’ve been to I freezed my rear end off.

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 8

New notes on Simon’s algorithm. Almost to factoring! Lecture Notes Lecture Notes 1: Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory Lecture Notes 2: Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing Lecture Notes 3: One Qubit, Two Qubit Lecture Notes 4: The No-Cloning Theorem, Classical Teleportation and Quantum Teleportation, Superdense Coding Lecture Notes 5: The [...]

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 7

More notes and a new homework. Lecture Notes Lecture Notes 1: Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory Lecture Notes 2: Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing Lecture Notes 3: One Qubit, Two Qubit Lecture Notes 4: The No-Cloning Theorem, Classical Teleportation and Quantum Teleportation, Superdense Coding Lecture Notes 5: The Quantum Circuit [...]

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 6

More notes. This Friday there will be a new problem set. Lecture Notes Lecture Notes 1: Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory Lecture Notes 2: Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing Lecture Notes 3: One Qubit, Two Qubit Lecture Notes 4: The No-Cloning Theorem, Classical Teleportation and Quantum Teleportation, Superdense Coding Lecture [...]

7×7=49

I’ve been hit by the seven by seven meme. Well, I guess this is okay, because seven times seven is forty nine, and I grew up a devout

Ski Season 05-06, Day 3

Skied at Crystal Mountain near Mt. Rainier. On the drive up I saw what I thought was a moose! But apparently there are no Moose near Mt. Rainir. Perhaps it was an elk or a mule deer, but I could have sworn it was a moose. It snowed most of the morning and then cleared [...]

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 5

The Allegro notes continue. Today’s notes are brought to you courtesy the great espresso drink “an Americano.” Lecture Notes Lecture Notes 1: Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory Lecture Notes 2:Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing Lecture Notes 3:One Qubit, Two Qubit Lecture Notes 4:The No-Cloning Theorem, Classical Teleportation and Quantum Teleportation, [...]

SQuInT 2006 Program

The SQuInT conference program is now available online. OK, I am totally biased, but SQuInT is still one of my favorite conferences. Why? Green chiles! Just kiding. It is one of my favorite conferences because it is one of the few remaining conferences where you still see a good mix of experimental and theoretical quantum [...]

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 4

More notes for CSE599d Quantum Computing. I am calling these notes the Allegro notes because I have been spending a lot of time at the local coffee house called “Allegro.” Well at least it gives me a good excuse for the many many mistakes in the notes: they are obviously the fault of all the [...]

CSE 599d Lecture Notes 3

More notes for CSE599d Quantum Computing Lecture Notes Introduction and Basics of Quantum Theory Dirac Notation and Basic Linear Algebra for Quantum Computing One Qubit, Two Qubit Homework Homework 1



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