PIRSA:15100104

TQFTs in Nature and Topological Quantum Computation

Wang, Z. (2015). TQFTs in Nature and Topological Quantum Computation. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15100104

Wang, Zhenghan. TQFTs in Nature and Topological Quantum Computation. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 21, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15100104 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15100104,
            doi = {10.48660/15100104},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15100104},
            author = {Wang, Zhenghan},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {TQFTs in Nature and Topological Quantum Computation},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:15100104 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Zhenghan Wang

Microsoft Corporation

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Topological quantum computation is based on the possibility of the realization of some TQFTs in Nature as topological phases of quantum matter.  Theoretically, we would like to classify topological phases of matter, and experimentally, find non-abelian objects in Nature.  We will discussion some progress for a general audience.