Class Lectures
Date | Griffiths | Topic |
W 25 Aug | 1.1-1.2 | The Schrödinger Equation |
F 27 Aug | 1.3 | Probability and statistics | |
M 30 Aug | 1.3 | The Gaussian distribution |
W 1 Sep | 1.4 | Normalized wavefunctions |
F 3 Sep | 1.5-1.6 | Uncertainty principle |
M 6 Sep | 2.1 | Stationary states |
W 8 Sep | 2.2 | Infinite square well |
F 10 Sep | 2.2-2.3 | Infinite square; harmonic oscillator |
M 13 Sep | 2.3 | Harmonic oscillator, operator method |
W 15 Sep | 2.3 | Harmonic oscillator, analytic method |
F 17 Sep | 2.4 | Free particles |
M 20 Sep | 2.4 | General free-particle
solutions to the Schrödinger Equation |
W 22 Sep | 2.5 | Delta-function potentials, bound states |
F 24 Sep | 2.5 | Delta-function potentials, scattering |
M 27 Sep | 2.6 | Finite square well, bound states |
W 29 Sep | 2.6-2.7 | Finite square well, scattering |
F 1 Oct | 3.1 | Vector spaces |
M 4 Oct | 3.1 | Linear transformations |
W 6 Oct | 1.1-2.7 | Test 1 |
F 8 Oct | 3.1 | Matrices |
W 13 Oct | 3.1 | Hermitian transformations |
F 15 Oct | 3.1 | Examples of transformations |
M 18 Oct | 3.2 | Hilbert space |
W 20 Oct | 3.2 | Algebraic formulation of quantum mechanics |
F 22 Oct | 3.3 | Statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics |
M 25 Oct | 3.4 | The uncertainty principle |
W 27 Oct | 4.1 | Schrödinger equation in spherical coordinates |
F 29 Oct | 4.1 | Spherical harmonics |
M 1 Nov | 4.1 | Three-dimensional square well |
W 3 Nov | 4.2 | Hydrogen atom |
F 5 Nov | 4.2 | Hydrogen atom, cont. |
M 8 Nov | 4.3 | Angular momentum |
W 10 Nov | 4.3 | Simultaneous eigenfunctions |
F 12 Nov | 3.1-4.2 | Test 2 |
M 15 Nov | 4.3 | Spherical harmonics |
W 17 Nov | 4.4 | Spin 1/2 |
F 19 Nov | 4.4 | Electron in a magnetic field |
M 22 Nov | 4.4 | Addition of angular momenta |
M 29 Nov | 4.4 | Clebsch-Gordan coefficients |
W 1 Dec | 5.1 | Identical particles |
F 3 Dec | 5.2 | Atoms |
M 6 Dec | 1.1-5.2 | Final Exam 8:30-12:30pm |