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