I082 Selected themes of quantum mechanics

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Bužek, DrSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Jozef Gruska, DrSc. (deputy)
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Vladimír Bužek, DrSc.
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:50 B411
Prerequisites
for master studies only
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lectures are devoted to those students who are interested in understanding of basic principles of quantum mechanics with an emphasis on quantum information processing. After a short historical introduction and physical motivation, mathematical formalism of a non-relativistic quantum theory (state spaces of physical systems, Hilbert spaces and linear spaces) will be presented. After this other aspects of quantum theory, such as quantum-mechanical measurements, open systems and density operators, quantum entanglement and Bell inequalities, dynamics of quantum systems, symmetries and conservation laws will be discussed. A special attention will be paid to quantum nonlocality and its application to quantum information processing.
Syllabus
  • Lectures are devoted to those students who are interested in understanding of basic principles of quantum mechanics with an emphasis on quantum information processing. After a short historical introduction and physical motivation, mathematical formalism of a non-relativistic quantum theory (state spaces of physical systems, Hilbert spaces and linear spaces) will be presented. After this other aspects of quantum theory, such as quantum-mechanical measurements, open systems and density operators, quantum entanglement and Bell inequalities, dynamics of quantum systems, symmetries and conservation laws will be discussed. A special attention will be paid to quantum nonlocality and its application to quantum information processing.
Literature
  • Bužek, Vladimír: Quantum Mechanics. www.quniverse.sk/buzek/quantum.html
  • PERES, Asher. Quantum theory :concepts and methods. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995, xiii, 446. ISBN 0-7923-2549-4. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
ústní s možností použití materiálů a poznámek
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.

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