Presentation of the course. Introduction to quantum computing.

21 Fevereiro 2022, 16:30 André Souto

Presentation of evaluation rules;

Presentation of the contents of the course;

Bibliography.

Introduction to quantum computation.
Motivation to study quantum computation.
The power of quantum: superposition, entanglement and interference.
The basic information unit: the qubit. 
Presentation through the double-split experiment; 
Realization of a qubit as levels of energy in electrons and spins of photons; 
The Bloch sphere and a two-dimension geometric interpretation for real coefficients.
Formal definition;
Evolution of a qubit:
1) by observing qubits:
- measurements in the computational basis;
2) by unitary operations:
- properties;
- examples of unitary operations. 
Tour through linear algebra and Dirac's notation.