Syllabus

Physics 313
Fall 1999


Class Lectures
Date
Griffiths
Topic
W 25 Aug1.1-1.2The Schrödinger Equation
F 27 Aug1.3Probability and statistics
M 30 Aug1.3The Gaussian distribution
W 1 Sep1.4Normalized wavefunctions
F 3 Sep1.5-1.6Uncertainty principle
M 6 Sep2.1Stationary states
W 8 Sep2.2Infinite square well
F 10 Sep2.2-2.3Infinite square; harmonic oscillator
M 13 Sep2.3Harmonic oscillator, operator method
W 15 Sep2.3Harmonic oscillator, analytic method
F 17 Sep2.4Free particles
M 20 Sep2.4General free-particle solutions to the Schrödinger Equation
W 22 Sep2.5Delta-function potentials, bound states
F 24 Sep2.5Delta-function potentials, scattering
M 27 Sep2.6Finite square well, bound states
W 29 Sep2.6-2.7Finite square well, scattering
F 1 Oct3.1Vector spaces
M 4 Oct3.1Linear transformations
W 6 Oct1.1-2.7Test 1
F 8 Oct3.1Matrices
W 13 Oct3.1Hermitian transformations
F 15 Oct3.1Examples of transformations
M 18 Oct3.2Hilbert space
W 20 Oct3.2Algebraic formulation of quantum mechanics
F 22 Oct3.3Statistical interpretation of quantum mechanics
M 25 Oct3.4The uncertainty principle
W 27 Oct4.1 Schrödinger equation in spherical coordinates
F 29 Oct4.1Spherical harmonics
M 1 Nov4.1Three-dimensional square well
W 3 Nov4.2Hydrogen atom
F 5 Nov4.2Hydrogen atom, cont.
M 8 Nov4.3Angular momentum
W 10 Nov4.3Simultaneous eigenfunctions
F 12 Nov3.1-4.2Test 2
M 15 Nov4.3Spherical harmonics
W 17 Nov4.4Spin 1/2
F 19 Nov4.4Electron in a magnetic field
M 22 Nov4.4Addition of angular momenta
M 29 Nov4.4Clebsch-Gordan coefficients
W 1 Dec5.1Identical particles
F 3 Dec5.2Atoms
M 6 Dec1.1-5.2Final Exam 8:30-12:30pm

Last Modified 23 August 1999
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