Quantum Computing
Supervisor: Tony Roberts
Description: Quantum computing will be the most important development in computing in the 21st century. Synopsis: This course introduces current significant developments in quantum computing. Predictions of the weird nature of the quantum world are obtained via Feynman's arrow explanation of quantum electrodynamics. Quantum computers are built from reversible logic gates such as the square-root-of-not gate. Current research into the physical realisations of these logic gates is evaluated. New algorithmic principles are introduced to take advantage of the massive parallelism made possible by quantum computers.
Prerequisites: enthusiasm
Main text: TBA
Some potential study topics
| What is Maths? Ron Addie | Attitude and belief Patricia Cretchley | Computer Algebra Ed Patricia Cretchley | Assessment issues Patricia Cretchley |
| Education research? Patricia Cretchley | Bridge gaps Patricia Cretchley | Gender equity Patricia Cretchley | Teaching geometry Patricia Cretchley |
| Math history Patricia Cretchley | Gen Lin Models Peter Dunn | Bayesian stats Paul Fahey | Survey sampling Ashley Plank |
| Maths Methods Tony Roberts | Quantum Computing Tony Roberts | Water waves Tony Roberts | Games theory Tony Roberts |
| Parallel numerics Tony Roberts | Hydro stability Sergey Suslov | Math Biology Sergey Suslov | Banach spaces Oleksiy Yevdokimov |
| Fundamental Maths Education Oleksiy Yevdokimov | Number history Oleksiy Yevdokimov |