Title:  NITheCS Colloquium: The role of intermolecular interactions in chemical processes and materials science Speaker: Prof Catharine Esterhuysen (Stellenbosch University) Abstract: The most challenging aspect in understanding the properties of materials in the solid state is to identify the role that intermolecular interactions play in their behaviour. For instance, molecules ("guests") are taken up into […]

Title:  Applications of topological algebras to quantum computing and information Speaker: Dr Martin Weigt (Nelson Mandela University) Abstract: A well-known mathematical tool that is applied to quantum computing and information is operator space theory. To be brief, completely positive linear mappings between operator spaces serve as quantum channels. Observables in a quantum system can be […]

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