Introduction to Quantum Computing

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This is a one-semester introductory course in quantum computing and information. The course will start with a review of linear algebra and its application to quantum mechanics including many-particle quantum states, entanglement, and measurement. We will introduce basic principles in quantum information and quantum gates and quantum circuits and how these circuits are used to implement quantum algorithms. We will start with simple algorithms and work our way to more important ones such as Grover’s search and Shor’s factorization. The last part of the course will look at the physical implementations of quantum computers and time-permitting, quantum error correction.