Introduction to Grassmann manifolds and quantum computation

Abstract

Geometrical aspects of quantum computing are reviewed elementarily for nonexperts and/or graduate students who are interested in both geometry and quantum computation. We show how to treat Grassmann manifolds which are very important examples of manifolds in mathematics and physics. Some of their applications to quantum computation and its efficiency problems are shown. An interesting current topic of holonomic quantum computation is also covered. Also, some related advanced topics are discussed.