New to SymPy: Quantum Information and SymPy for GSoC 2015

[Vincent Russo]

Hi everyone!

My name is Vincent, and I am currently pursuing a PhD in computer science with a specialization in quantum information at the University of Waterloo. I am interested in building on the quantum physics package included in SymPy for a GSoC 2015 project. Namely, there are functions that I would like to see included, i.e. partial transposition, partial trace, etc. Specifically of interest is the implementation of various functions related to notions in quantum entanglement theory. These functions would also be useful to quantum information theorists interested in operator algebras and, more generally, quantum information.  

I'd also like to help with the existing quantum physics package. Initially, adding tests for "apply_operators" as noted in "operator.py", along with any other residual bugs that exist in this package to help familiarize myself with the code base.  

I would love to turn this into a GSoC project for 2015 for those interested in a richer set of quantum functionality!  

Cheers!

Vincent

[Jason Moore]

Vincent,

Sounds great. Checkout:

https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/introduction-to-contributing

to see how to get started. Ondrej Certik and Brian Ganger are probably good people to touch base with about the quantum physics stuff.

Jason
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[Vincent Russo]

Dear Jason,

Thanks for the reply and the link, Jason. I had previously stumbled upon the link you shared, and was able to watch the SciPy 2014 videos, and also have my development environment setup and ready to go :). I've also been familiarizing myself with the source (especially the quantum stuff) as time allows. If Ondrej or Brian have any specific comments / suggestions, I'd certainly be interested to hear what they have in mind! 

Vinnie