% Copyright (C) 2023 % % This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % You may have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with this program. If not, see . % % % % If you edit this, please give credit! % Quality handouts take time to make. % use the [nosolutions] flag to hide solutions, % use the [solutions] flag to show solutions. \documentclass[ solutions, singlenumbering ]{../../resources/ormc_handout} \usepackage{../../resources/macros} \def\ket#1{\left|#1\right\rangle} \def\bra#1{\left\langle#1\right|} \usepackage{units} \input{tikzset} \uptitlel{Advanced 2} \uptitler{Winter 2022} \title{Intro to Quantum Computing I} \subtitle{Prepared by \githref{Mark} on \today{}} \begin{document} \maketitle \input{parts/01 bits} \input{parts/02 qubit} \input{parts/03 two qubits} \input{parts/04 logic gates} \input{parts/05 quantum gates} \section{Bonus Problems (Putnam)} \problem{} Suppose $A$ is a real, square matrix that satisfies $A^3 = A + I$. \par Show that $\text{det}(A)$ is positive. \vfill \problem{} Suppose $A, B$ are $2 \times 2$ complex matrices satisfying $AB = BA$, \par and assume $A$ is not of the form $aI$ for some complex $a$. \par Show that $B = xA + yI$ for complex $x$ and $y$. \vfill \problem{} Is there an infinite sequence of real numbers $a_1, a_2, ...$ so that \par $a_1^m + a_2^m + ... = m$ for every positive integer $m$? \vfill \end{document}