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Prerequisites: An introductory calculus-level course on modern physics (01:750:228 or 01:750:273) and a course that covers linear algebra (01:640:224 or 01:640:250) or permission of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  Only offered Spring semesters.

This is a three-credit course that provides an introduction to quantum computing from a physics perspective.  Although the course is primarily intended for physics majors, computer science and math majors should also find the course to be of interest.  The course will include a discussion of the basic principles of quantum mechanics and concepts of quantum information.  Issues related to entanglement and quantum measurement will be discussed followed by discussions of various quantum algorithms.  The course will conclude with a look at qubit technologies and some of the recent developments involving information in the field of quantum gravity.