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non_aligned ◴[] No.45145043[source]
This is fantastic, although the statement about the intended audience cracked me up a bit: "intended for a general audience including ... anyone interested in a concise intro/overview of QM. Prerequisites: linear algebra, calculus, ..."

The PDF is essentially higher math with QM-related narrative interspersed here and there. Even if you're a STEM graduate, I found that these skills atrophy pretty quickly if you're not using them day-to-day in your work. Scientists often vastly overestimate how conversant their readers are with "obvious" prerequisites such as vector calculus.

And you can often tell on HN, because you have a thread where two mathematicians chat with each other, and then everyone else is just relating anecdotes about quantum mechanics.

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horn1ot ◴[] No.45145797[source]
It's like when the doctor says "this won't hurt at all". It WILL hurt your brain, QM is not easy.

I'm looking for a QM book structured similar to Norvig LISP books, ie following a demonstrative didactic method, by building computational implementations of toy models demonstrating various aspects of QM (not just QC), toy models of resonator, particle in a box, etc

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1. ziofill ◴[] No.45146383[source]
I’ve been writing something like that for a bit, not ready yet but there’s hope! ^^
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2. horn1ot ◴[] No.45148334[source]
I'd be very interested to read that, as would many others here I'm sure. Care to share a few chapters on your GitHub?
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3. ziofill ◴[] No.45155147[source]
It’s still not too early, but I will