Exact Methods in Low-dimensional Statistical Physics and Quantum Computing: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 89, July 2008 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199574618 ISBN 13: 9780199574612

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Recent years have shown important and spectacular convergences between techniques traditionally used in theoretical physics and methods emerging from modern mathematics (combinatorics, probability theory, topology, algebraic geometry, etc). These techniques, and in particular those of low-dimensional statistical models, are instrumental in improving our understanding of emerging fields, such as quantum computing and cryptography, complex systems, and quantum fluids. This book sets these issues into a larger and more coherent theoretical context than is currently available. For instance, understanding the key concepts of quantum entanglement (a measure of information density) necessitates a thorough knowledge of quantum and topological field theory, and integrable models. To achieve this goal, the lectures were given by international leaders in the fields of exactly solvable models in low dimensional condensed matter and statistical physics.

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About the Author

Jasper Jacobsen is LPTMS, CNRS, at the Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France. Dr. Stephane Ouvry is LPTMS, CNRS, at the University Paris Sud, Orsay, France. Dr. Vincent Pasquier is SPhT, CEA, Saclay, France. Didina Serban is SPhT, CEA, Saclay, France. Leticia Cugliandolo is LPTHE at the Universite Paris VI, Paris, France.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199574618
• ISBN 13: 9780199574612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 652
• Editor: Jacobsen Jesper, Ouvry Stephane, Pasquier Vincent, Serban Didina, Cugliandolo Leticia