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AMATH 876Open Quantum Systems

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Applied Mathematics
Cross-listed
QIC 845

AMATH 876 as listed in the Fall 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

Review of the axioms of quantum theory and derivation of generalized axioms by considering states, transformations, and measurements in an extended Hilbert space. Master equations and the Markov approximation. Standard models of system-environment interactions and the phenomenology of decoherence. Introduction to quantum control with applications in NMR, quantum optics, and quantum computing.

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