Outline of lecture

Applications of quantum mechanics to communication and computation are explained. Topics will include quantum teleportation, quantum cryptography, and quantum algorithms. Prerequisite is linear algebra only. I will explain mathematics and physics used in the explanation of the above topics. The textbook is 窶弉uantum Computation and Quantum Information窶� by M. A. Nielsen and I. L. Chuang (ISBN 0521635039), from which homework is chosen.