Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
6-2011
Primary Advisor
Brian E Granger
Abstract/Summary
Because aspects of quantum mechanics are both difficult to understand and difficult algebraically, there is a need for software which symbolically simulates quantum mechanical phenomena. To accomplish this goal, code has been added to an open-source computer algebra system, called SymPy, which models the abstraction of Dirac notation and the density operator. Additionally, a quantum computer simulation has been built using this abstraction. This paper shall discuss the code that has been added as well as any relevant physics important to understanding the code. In particular, we shall focus on the density operator of statistical quantum mechanics using SymPy's density matrices as a guide.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/physsp/38