Fall 2017 and Winter 2018, Student Research Seminar in Mathematical Physics
Instructors: Laurent Bruneau, Vojkan Jaksic
Time and Place: BURN 920, Mondays and Fridays, 17:30-19:00.
The weekly schedule will vary, please consult the instructors for details.
Summer reserach:
Several research projects and summer research scholarships will be available
to undergraduate students attending the seminar.
The selection is at the instructor's discretion.
Topics to be covered:
Finite dimensional quantum mechanics and quantum statistical mechanics.
Mathematical theory of quantum instruments and repeated quantum measurements.
Lecture notes:
Quantum Statistical Mechanics
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Notes were taken by Ilya Feige and Dana Mendelson.
They are releveant for the first part of the seminar.
Quantum Fluctuations in Quantum Statistical Mechanics. An Introduction.
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