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Tentative Syllabus: Quantum Mechanics
Introduction
Breakdown of classical mechanics
Partice wave duality
The probabalistic nature of nature
Probability & probability density
The wave function
Expectation values
Fourier Transforms
Dirac Delta Function
Gaussian Integrals
Schrödingers Equation
Schrödinger's equation in one dimension
Free Particle
Infinite Square Well
Particle in a Box
Delta Function Potential
Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
Hermite Polynomials: H
n
Raising & lowering (ladder) operators
Schrödinger's equation in three dimensions
Particle in a 3D infinite well
Spherical Coordinates
Separation of variables
Angular Equations
Legendre Polynomials: P
l
Associated Legendre Functions: P
l
m
Spherical Harmonics: Y
l
m
Radial Equations
Orbital Angular Momentum
Angular Momentum Operators
Commutations Relations
Raising & Lowering (ladder) Operators
Intrinsic Spin
Identical Particles
Two Partile systems
Spherical Coordinates
Separation of variables
Angular Equations
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