Course info

Contents:

General introduction and motivation
Introduction to Quantum mechanics (states, measurements, evolution, a short review of linear algebra )
Elementary quantum gates and circuit model
Universal quantum computation
Quantum parallelism and Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithm
Simon’s Algorithm
The Fourier Transform
Shor’s Factoring Algorithm
Hidden Subgroup Problem
Grover’s Search Algorithm
Quantum Error-Correction and Fault-Tolerance
Entanglement and Nonlocality
A basic introduction to quantum key distribution
Overview of quantum computing platforms and claims of quantum advantage

Requirements:
Recommended: Introductory knowledge of Elementary Linear Algebra (matrix multiplication, finding eigenvalues)