Resource Letter: OTS-1: Observations and theory of supernovae
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This Resource Letter provides a guide to the literature on the observations of supernovae and the theory of their explosion mechanisms. Journal articles and books are cited for the following topics: o...
Phase transition-like behavior in a low-pass filter
We discuss an iterative electric circuit for which the limits of infinite number of elements and zero dissipation in each element do not commute. The circuit is taken from the Feynman lectures, where ...
We discuss an iterative electric circuit for which the limits of infinite number of elements and zero dissipation in each element do not commute. The circuit is taken from the Feynman lectures, where ...
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From Cbits to Qbits: Teaching computer scientists quantum mechanics
American Journal of Physics -- January 2003 -- Volume 71, Issue 1, pp. 23-30
Issue Date: January 2003
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A strategy is suggested for teaching mathematically literate students, with no background in physics, just enough quantum mechanics for them to understand and develop algorithms in quantum computation and quantum information theory. Although the article as a whole addresses teachers of physics well versed in quantum mechanics, the central pedagogical development is addressed directly to computer scientists and mathematicians, with only occasional asides to their teacher. Physicists uninterested in quantum pedagogy may be amused (or irritated) by some of the views of standard quantum mechanics that arise naturally from this unorthodox perspective. ©2003 American Association of Physics Teachers.
| History: | Received 22 July 2002; accepted 26 September 2002 |
| Permalink: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1522741 |