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18.435[J] Quantum Computation
Prereq: 8.05, 18.06, 18.700, 18.701, or 18.C06[J]
G (Fall)
12 Units
Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered: physics of information processing; quantum algorithms including the factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm; quantum error correction; quantum communication and cryptography. Knowledge of quantum mechanics helpful but not required.
I. Chuang, A. Harrow, P. Shor
