Jonathan Bain
Dept. of Technology, Culture and Society
Tandon School of Engineering, New York University

STS-UY.2294 Quantum Mechanics and Information

Courses


Syllabus

Required online reading:

1.
[Ba] Barret, J. (1999) The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds, Oxford Univ. Press, pp. 221-242.
2.
[Bu] Bub, J. (2019) 'Quantum Entanglement and Information', The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, E. Zalta (ed.) <plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle>.
3.
[LD] Lombardi, O. & D. Dieks (2021)  'Modal Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics', The Stanford Encyclodpedia of Philosophy (Spring 2017 Edition), E. Zalta (ed.), <plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-modal>.
4.
[F] French, S. (2019) 'Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory', The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2015 Edition), E. Zalta (ed.), <plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-idind>.
5.
[RP] Rieffel, E. & W. Polak (2000) 'An Introduction to Quantum Computing for Non-Physicists', <lanl.arxiv.org/abs/quantu-ph/9809016>.


Lecture Slides:
01. 2-Slit Experiment
02. 2-Path Experiment
03. Vectors, etc.
04. Principles
05. Multiparticle Systems
06. EPR and Bell
07a. QIT, Part I
07b. QIT, Part II
07c. QIT, Part III
08. Kochen-Specker
09. Collapse and GRW
10. Many Worlds, etc.
11. Bohm
12. Modal Interpretations & QL
13. Decoherence
14. Identity

Assignments:
hw1
hw2
hw3
hw4
hw5
hw6
hw7
hw8
hw9
hw10
hw11
hw12
ec1
ec2

Paper topics
Paper guidelines

Handouts:

Bell Experiment
QM Principles
 Relevant articles in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
"Quantum Mechanics"
"Quantum Computing"
"The Kochen-Specker Theorem"
"Collapse Theories"
"Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics"
"Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics"
"Bohmian Mechanics"
"Quantum Logic and Probability"
"The Role of Decoherence in Quantum Theory"
"Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics"
"Bell's Theorem"
 
Other resources:
"Introduction to Quantum Computers and Quantum Algorithms"
"An Introduction to Quantum Teleportation"
John Preskill's Quantum Computation course at Caltech
Bohmian mechanics and oil droplets