P vs. NP and Quantum Computation

8/21/01


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P vs. NP and Quantum Computation

Overview

Computability Theory

Complexity Theory

P

Rates of Growth

Problems in P

Graph 2-colorability

Exponential time

NP

Example: Is N composite?

More NP examples

Another characterization

P = NP ?

NP-completeness

Quantum Computation

Quantum Cats

What's a qubit?

Quantum Computers: Theory

Complexity (we think)

The Future of Cryptography

Author: Sandy Kutin

Email: kutin@uchicago.edu

Home Page: http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~kutin/CSPP532

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