Entangling Disciplines: Causality, Entropy and Time-Travel Paradoxes on a Quantum Computer
Maria Violaris
Published June 18, 2025
Abstract
Merging disciplines has led to incredible learnings and breakthroughs throughout history, including the discovery of quantum computing: a cross between computation and quantum physics. In this paper, I will discuss how we can cross quantum computing with topics in fundamental physics. This leads to fruitful, interactive learning opportunities that fuse deep open physics problems with key insights about quantum information science. By outlining quantum circuit experiments that can be run on current and near-term quantum computers, I demonstrate how to help learners engage with principles in special relativity, general relativity and thermodynamics. In turn, these connections can advance their understanding of quantum computing. Learners can further explore the quantum computing activities in this paper via the Quantum Paradoxes content series of videos, blogs and code tutorials that I created with IBM Quantum.
Author comment
In proceedings of the 3rd Quantum Science and Engineering Education Conference (QSEEC), co-located with the 5th IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)
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