Online course on topology in condensed matter¶
This is a open online course on topology in condensed matter. Initially developed for the edX platform in 2015, its development continues here.
After following this course you will:
Discover how topological concepts manifest in condensed matter systems
Get an overview of different research directions and important developments
Learn to combine the relevant math with simulations and physical arguments to improve your understanding
Go right to the introduction for in-depth information about the course.
Authors¶
The course was developed by
Anton Akhmerov (TU Delft)
Jay Sau (University of Maryland)
Bernard van Heck (Leiden University)
Sebastian Rubbert (TU Delft)
Rafał Skolasiński (TU Delft)
Bas Nijholt (TU Delft)
Irfan Muhammad (TU Delft)
Tómas Örn Rosdahl (TU Delft)
The introductory videos to each topic were contributed by multiple experts from the community.
Acknowledgements¶
When working on the course, we greatly benefitted from support of
Delft University of Technology and its Extension School
Casimir Research School and the NanoFront program
University of Maryland and its Physics Department
We thank M. Wimmer and C. Groth for letting us use their code in some of the course materials.
For the support with implementing the technical aspects of the course we thank
The Jupyter project and its developer team, especially Min Ragan-Kelley.
SageMathCloud and its creator W. Stein.
The Holoviews team: Jean-Luc Stevens and Philipp Rudiger.
The Executable books project, powering the current website.
Finally, we thank all the external speakers for contributing the videos for the course.
License¶
Unless otherwise specified the Course Materials of TU
Delft TOPOCMx are Copyright Delft University of Technology and are licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
International License
The source code can also be used under conditions of the 3-clause BSD licence:
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