Exact Methods in Low-Dimensional Statistical Physics and Quantum Computing/ Ecole d'ete de physique des houches: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 89, July 2008

Vincent Pasquier Stephane Ouvry Leticia Cugliandolo Jesper Jacobsen Didina Serban

ISBN 10: 0199574618 / ISBN 13: 9780199574612

Published by Oxford University Press OUP, 2010

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pp. xxvi + 624 1st edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exact Methods in Low-Dimensional Statistical Physics and Quantum Computing/ Ecole d'ete de physique des houches: Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 89, July 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press OUP
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199574618
• ISBN 13: 9780199574612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

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.