quantum-dev

quantum-dev is a collaborative environment for developing quantum simulations and visualizations using QuTiP inside containers (e.g., via VS Code Dev Containers or Docker).
It also includes a collection of exercises, examples, and experiments based on the textbook Introduction à la théorie quantique (see Acknowledgments).

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📖 Acknowledgments

We thank the authors of the book Introduction à la théorie quantique (Éditions Ellipses):

• Michèle Desouter
• Yves Justum
• Xavier Chapuisat

We also acknowledge Michel Menou for his contributions to the exercises.
Some exercises are reproduced and solved here.
We highly recommend this book to French-speaking readers who want a rigorous and accessible introduction to quantum physics. Note that this repo is done without being proofread by the author, the single source of truth is in the book.

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🚀 Getting Started

🔧 Requirements

• Docker
• Visual Studio Code
• Remote - Containers extension

📦 Using the Dev Container (Recommended)

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rayutto/quantum-dev.git
   cd quantum-dev
   

2. Open it in VS Code and click:

Reopen in Container (or use Command Palette: Ctrl+Shift+P → Dev Containers: Reopen in Container)

This will:

• Build the container from Dockerfile
• Install Python, QuTiP, Jupyter, and other dependencies
• Mount your local code inside the container

You’re ready to code and run simulations!

📁 Folder Structure

quantum-dev/
├── src/                # Python source code
├── exercises/          # Solved textbook problems
├── .devcontainer/      # VS Code container config
│   ├── devcontainer.json
│   └── Dockerfile
├── requirements.txt    # Python dependencies
└── README.md           # Project documentation

🧠 Topics Covered

• Schrödinger equation simulations
• Wigner functions
• Coherent and cat states
• Harmonic oscillator and infinite well
• Operator algebra with QuTiP

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! To contribute:

• Fork the repo
• Create a new branch
• Make your changes
• Submit a pull request

If you’re translating, correcting exercises, or adding new physics notebooks — let us know!

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📄 License

This project is released under the MIT License. Exercise content remains the intellectual property of the original textbook authors. Please use respectfully and with proper citation.

💬 Questions?

Feel free to open an issue or discussion on GitHub.