Welcome to FYS5419/9419 and the first week

Dear all, first a great welcome to FYS5419/9419 and thx so much for having chosen the course.

All educational material is available via the GitHub repository at https://github.com/CompPhysics/QuantumComputingMachineLearning

Furthermore, for those of you who cannot be there physically, you can attend the lectures via zoom. All lectures will be recorded.

Permanent Zoom link for the whole semester is https://uio.zoom.us/my/mortenhj?

The first part of the course (project 1 and till mid march) has its focus on studies of quantum-mechanical many-particle systems using quantum computing algorithms and quantum computers. The second part is optional and depends on the interests and backgrounds of the participants. Two main

themes can be covered:

- Quantum machine learning algorithms, implementations and studies

- Realization and studies of entanglement in physical systems

The tentative plan for the spring semester 2026 is at https://github.com/CompPhysics/QuantumComputingMachineLearning/blob/gh-pages/README.md

The lecture material for the first week is at https://github.com/CompPhysics/QuantumComputingMachineLearning/tree/gh-pages/doc/pub/week1

The pdf variant is at https://github.com/CompPhysics/QuantumComputingMachineLearning/tree/gh-pages/doc/pub/week1/pdf

For the first lecture the aim is to give a brief reminder on Linear Algebra, Hilbert Spaces, operators on Hilbert spaces, states, qubits and other definitions, in addition to get to know each other.

Best wishes to you all,

Morten and Ruben