Tech. Note: Field Guide to Continuous Probability Distributions v0.12
Added Porter-Thomas, Epanechnikov, biweight, triweight, Libby-Novick, Gauss hypergeometric, confluent hypergeometric, Johnson-SU, and log-Cauchy distributions
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Tech. Note: On the Weyl chamber of canonical non-local 2-qubit gates
The Weyl chamber of canonical non-local 2-qubit gates. Papercraft meets quantum computing. Print, cut, fold, and paste. (Should look like Fig. 4 of quant-p...
The favorite physics equation in Shibuya is ゆらぎの定理, the fluctuation theorem!?
The favorite physics equation in Shibuya is ゆらぎの定理, the fluctuation theorem! pic.twitter.com— Gavin Crooks (@gavincrooks) December 28, 2018
Preprint: Performance of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm on the Maximum Cut Problem
Gavin E. Crooks, arXiv: 1811.08419 (2018) [ PDF | Code]
QuantumFlow: A Quantum Algorithms Development Toolkit v0.7
Announcing QuantumFlow, a python package that emulates a gate based quantum computer using modern optimized tensor libraries (numpy, TensorFlow, or torch). ...
Tech. Note 009 v0.7: On Measures of Information and Entropy 009 v0.7
A brief overview of information measures on classical, discrete probability distributions. Tech. Note 009 v0.7 [ Full Text ]
Preprint: Quantum Kitchen Sinks: An algorithm for machine learning on near-term quantum computers
C. M. Wilson, J. S. Otterbach, N. Tezak, Robert S. Smith, Gavin E. Crooks, and Marcus P. da Silva, arXiv:1806.08321 (2018)
Preprint: Marginal and Conditional Second Laws of Thermodynamics (v2)
Gavin E. Crooks, Susanne Still, arXiv:1611.04628
Article: Quantifying configuration-sampling error in Langevin simulations of complex molecular systems
Josh Fass, David A. Sivak, Gavin E. Crooks, Kyle A. Beauchamp, Benedict Leimkuhler, and John D. Chodera Entropy, 20(5):318 (2018).
WebLogo 3.6 Released
3.6 (2017-12-29) [Gavin Crooks, Melissa Fabros] refactor version string creation update testing framework for use with tox and pytest weblogo is ce...
Tech. Note: Field Guide to Continuous Probability Distributions v0.11
Whats New: Added hyperbola, hyperbolic, Halphen, Halphen B, inverse Halphen B, generalized Halphen, Sichel, Appell Beta, K and generalized K distributions. T...
Article: Geometric approach to optimal nonequilibrium control: Minimizing dissipation in nanomagnetic spin systems
Grant M. Rotskoff, Gavin E. Crooks, Eric Vanden-Eijnden Phys. Rev. E 95 012148 (2017)
Preprint: Marginal and Conditional Second Laws of Thermodynamics
Gavin E. Crooks, Susanne Still, arXiv:1611.04628
Article: Thermodynamic geometry of minimum-dissipation driven barrier crossing
David Sivak, Gavin E. Crooks Phys. Rev. E 94(5):052106 (2016)
Tech. Note: Field Guide to Continuous Probability Distributions v0.09
Whats New: Added pseudo Voigt,and Student’s t_3 distributions. Reparameterized hyperbolic sine distribution. Derived limit of Unit gamma to log-normal.Corre...
Article: Near-optimal protocols in complex nonequilibrium transformations
Todd R. Gingrich, Grant M. Rotskoff, Gavin E. Crooks, Phillip L. Geissler Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2016)
WebLogo 3.5 Released
3.5 (2016-07-24) [Gavin Crooks, Melissa Fabros] Moved source control from GoogleCode to GitHub Switched from Subversion as version control method to ...
Quote of the Day
Let this book be dedicated to the chemists of the newer generation, who will not wish to reject all inferences from conjecture or surmise, but who will no...
Physics Colloquium @ UC Davis, Mon Apr 25 2016
Optimal Thermodynamic Control and the Dynamic Riemannian Geometry of Ising magnets 55 Roessler Hall, UC Davis, 4:10 - 5:30 PM, Monday 25th April 2016 Pap...