Academy · Introductory course
Quantum Mechanics
and Quantum Computing
The introductory course on quantum mechanics and quantum computing — the theoretical minimum you need before any serious work with qubits.
Why this course
Learn it the way physicists learn it
Quantum computing is not a programming trick. It is quantum mechanics applied. This course builds the physics first, then shows how qubits, gates and algorithms follow from it naturally — derivation by derivation, on the blackboard.
Curriculum
On the board
- 01
Foundations
Classical mechanics in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian form, and why it had to break.
- 02
Postulates of quantum mechanics
States, operators, measurement, uncertainty and the Schrödinger equation.
- 03
Linear algebra of the quantum world
Hilbert spaces, Dirac notation, tensor products and entanglement.
- 04
Qubits and gates
From spin-½ to the qubit; single and multi-qubit gates; quantum circuits.
- 05
Quantum algorithms
Interference as a resource; the canonical algorithms and what makes them fast.
- 06
Into practice
Running circuits in code and reading the results like a physicist.
Who it is for
For serious minds
- Students of physics, mathematics, engineering and computer science
- Engineers and developers who want to understand quantum computing properly
- Curious minds ready for real equations, not analogies
- Level
- Introductory, rigorous
- Format
- Online lectures and derivations
- Language
- English
- Prerequisites
- School mathematics; calculus helps