This section contains scribe notes from the Fall 2008 version of the course, and a set of additional slides.
Scribe Notes
All scribe notes are courtesy of MIT students, and are used with permission.
| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quantum basics | (PDF) |
| 2 | More quantum basics | (PDF) |
| 3 | Quantum circuits | (PDF) |
| 4 | BQP and classical friends | (PDF) |
| 5 | Quantum algorithms: Deutsch-Jozsa | (PDF) |
| 6 | Quantum algorithms: Simon's algorithm | (PDF) |
| 7 | Shor's algorithm and the hidden subgroup problem | (PDF) |
| 8 | Hidden subgroup problem and Grover's algorithm | (PDF) |
| 9 | Grover's algorithm and BBBV | (PDF) |
| 10 | Quantum query complexity lower bounds | (PDF) |
| 11 | More quantum query complexity | (PDF) |
| 12 | Query complexity and the collision problem | (PDF) |
| 13 | The collision problem | (PDF) |
| 14 | BQP vs. PH and QMA | (PDF) |
| 15 | QMA | (PDF) |
| 16 | QMA and variants | (PDF) |
| 17 | QIP | (PDF) |
| 18 | PostBQP | (PDF) |
| 19 | Closed timelike curves | (PDF) (Courtesy of Joshua Horowitz. Used with permission.) |
| 20 | BQP/qpoly | (PDF) |
| 21 | Quantum communication complexity | (PDF) (Courtesy of Colin Jia Zheng. Used with permission.) |
| 22 | More quantum communication complexity | (PDF) (Courtesy of Colin Jia Zheng. Used with permission.) |
| 23 | Classical simulation | (PDF) |
| 24 | Grab bag | (PDF) |
| 25 | Student project presentations | |
| 26 | Student project presentations (cont.) |
Additional Slides
Quantum computing with noninteracting particles (PDF - 1.0MB) (Courtesy of Alex Arkhipov. Used with permission.)