Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Ashok Gautham wrote: >> I have provided you with with one person to contact in each of the >> theoretical aspects Mathematics, Physics and CS in that order. I >> don't know who works on the experimental aspects. >> > Thanks a lot Kapilji. I will get into contact with them after reading some introductory material so that I dont waste their time sounding like an over-enthusiastic school kid.
> I do know that there used to be a simulator for a quantum computer >> that was available as a package in Debian. Perhaps you can try it >> out. >> > There is a library called libquantum. I will try it. Thanks again On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam Gopalan < [email protected]> wrote: > > Just to add to Kapil's post, I do not know enough about current syllabus, > but linear algebra, probability and statistics are critical in understanding > QC. > > Further, Quantum computing is a very different thing from quantum storage > and quantum cryptography. Pick the right area of interest :) I am interested in Quantum computing. I did a little research on all three before my first mail. I found that all three intersted me. But the order was Computing > Crypto > Storage. Probably a bit on Quantum computing architecture. But predominantly algorithms. > > As far as QC is concerned, we have algorithms for searching, sorting and > string matching. (Incidentally, one of the string matching algorithms is > from IISC, Bangalore). > If you are interested in storage, read the Feynman's essay "There is plenty > of room at the bottom" * http://wI found that > pageww.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html<http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html>* > I read that a long time back. Not that I understood its significance much then. Thanks for reminding me of the page again! --- Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
