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% sets

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% complexity classes, etc.

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% math notation

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Topics in Quantum Information \hfill U.\ Waterloo CO 781, Fall 2006\\
LECTURER'S NAME (Instructor) \hfill YOUR NAME (Scribe) \\
TOPIC \hfill DATE \\
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