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Re:Teaching quantum information science to high-school students by ivan_ah on Thursday August 06, 2020 @08:03AM (#24070173)
What do we need topology for? Is it for GR? And same for abstract algebra? is this about the symmetries in high-energy physics?

I agree with you in general that one needs to learn serious math to advance in physics, but it's always exciting to see university-level physics simplified for the high school audience. Matrix QM is uniquely good candidate since it only requires knowledge of linear algebra (see for example Figure 6, at the bottom of page 4 here https://minireference.com/static/tutorials/conceptmap.pdf#pa... ).

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Re:Teaching quantum information science to high-school students by coolgod on Thursday August 06, 2020 @12:41PM (#24072662)
Topology has some uses in physics, topological quantum computation is one of its potential uses. More concrete applications are found in condensed matter physics, such as topologically ordered materials and topological insulators.
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Re:Teaching quantum information science to high-school students by CaptP on Thursday August 06, 2020 @06:56PM (#24076286)
Yes, topology in physics has some very exciting uses. My project actually studies topological quantum error correction!
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