This is the homepage for the UT Geometry and String Theory Seminar. At the organizational meeting we will flesh out the details of our plans for the semester. Below are some suggestions to get us started. ##Spring 2017 Schedule## {:r: scope="row"} Date|Speaker|Topic| ---:|:------|:----| {:r}1/18 | |Organizational Meeting| {:r}1/25 |Distler|Quantum Mechanics while standing on one leg| {:r}2/1 |Weinberg|The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics| {:r}2/8 |Mohan|Bell's Inequality| {:r}2/15 |Adrian|Entanglement I| {:r}2/22 |Headrick|| {:r}3/1 |Ivan|Entanglement II| {:r}3/8 |Ethan|Entropy I| {:r}3/22 |Val|Entropy II| {:r}3/29 | | | {:r}4/5 | | | {:r}4/12 | | | {:r}4/19 | | | {:r}4/26 | | | {:r}5/3 | | | {: class="plaintable" style="text-align:center;" summary="Spring Schedule"} ###References### #### Quantum Information * Scott Aaronson, [Barbados Lecture Notes](https://neitzke.asianfreshproduce.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav/GST/Aaronson%20Barbados%20notes.pdf) * A. Kitaev and J. Preskill, [Topological entanglement entropy](https://neitzke.asianfreshproduce.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav/GST/Kitaev-Preskill%20on%20topological%20entanglement%20entropy.pdf) * Nielsen & Chuang, [Overview](https://neitzke.asianfreshproduce.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav/GST/Overview%20from%20Nielson-Chuang%20Quantum%20Computation%20and%20Quantum%20Information.pdf) * J. Preskill, [Lecture Notes on Quantum Information](https://neitzke.asianfreshproduce.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav/GST/Preskill%20Quantum%20Information.pdf) * S. Weinberg, [The Trouble with Quantum Mechanics](https://neitzke.asianfreshproduce.com/owncloud/remote.php/webdav/GST/The%20Trouble%20with%20Quantum%C2%A0Mechanics%20%20by%20Steven%20Weinberg%20%20The%20New%20York%20Review%20of%20Books.pdf)