Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor

Description: A study of topological order and fractionalization emergent in the systems of strongly correlated electrons, as well as their applications, in particular those related to quantum information pro- cessing. Covers frustrated quantum magnets, fraction- al quantum Hall effect, and related gauge theories. Discusses use of topologically ordered states for per- forming fault-tolerant quantum computations. Students who present a seminar or submit a term paper receive a letter grade; other students receive a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Course is repeatable. Shtengel