QUANTUM FUNDAMENTALS FOR COMPUTING AND CRYPTOGRAPHY.

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Notes: prior completion of PHYS 221 recommended. Pre-requisites: PHYS 152 , MATH 161 , MATH 231 , or instructor permission. An introduction to quantum mechanics for those interested in its applications to quantum cryptography and quantum computing. Foundational topics covered include state vectors, measurement, operators, probability, spin, superposition, entanglement, and decoherence. Applications to qubits, quantum gates, quantum key distribution, and quantum parallelism are introduced.