Knots and Quantum Computation (University of Wollongong 2012-10-26)
Channel: Kim Morrison
Date: 29/10/2012

Slides at http://prezi.com/yakclukbhvb9/view/

Abstract: I'll begin with the Jones polynomial, a knot invariant discovered 30 years ago that radically changed our view of topology. From there, we'll visit the complexity of evaluating the Jones polynomial, the topological quantum field theories related to the Jones polynomial, and how all these ideas come together to offer an unorthodox model for quantum computation.