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Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation — mentioned by SomeStupidPoint

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:05:49 GMT

I think I may be stupid, in that I can only really get details of a model I already sort of understand from most books -- I need it pretty short'n'sweet to get a major model revision. That being said, two papers that have radically changed my mental model are: Einstein's 1905 paper -- I'd never actually thought about what a clock or time was before, or what it meant for two events to happen "at the same time". http://hermes.ffn.ub.es/luisnavarro/nuevo_maletin/Einstein_1... A 2007 summary of MS's approach to (topological) quantum computers significantly changed my model of how physics worked…

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Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation — mentioned by sir_kin

Sun, 21 May 2017 23:30:53 GMT

Any suggestions on how to get started on this topic, or anyons in general? I finished math & phys undergrad, but not sure how to dive in. I read the relevant chapter from Preskill's Quantum Computation lecture notes (http://www.theory.caltech.edu/~preskill/ph219/topological.pd...), and gave (80% of) the review article "Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation" (https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1889) a read, along with some of the foundational papers (ex Moore & Reed). Now that I'll have some more time, I plan to pick up a copy of "Quantum Groups"…

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Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation — mentioned by SomeStupidPoint

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:56:25 GMT

Not a book, but it's a 70 page paper that changed (substantially) the way I thought about computing systems: Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation. The gist is a model of computation based on knotting the worldlines of a certain kind of particle (well, particle/anti-parricle pairs) and measuring properties of the knots/links. It's also the theory behind Microsoft's effort to build a quantum computer. Highly recommend at least reading the non-technical sections (ie, everything but section 3 and appendix A). Copy of paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1889

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