TEXTBOOKS

There is no required textbook for the course. However most of the material is covered in the textbook by R. Shankar,  at a slightly lower level. The best textbook on quantum mechanics is Volume III of the series by Landau and Lifshitz which is at a higher level than the course. Every  serious student of quantum mechanics  must read the book   Principles of Quantum Mechanics   by Dirac (pictured above).   It is however not intended as a textbook.
 
 

LECTURES

I will lecture on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8:00-9:30 am in B&L 170.

HOMEWORKS

I will assign about three problems every week. They will be available for downloading  (as POSTSCRIPT files) here every Thursday  at 7:00 pm. Homeworks should be handed  to your TA for grading by the following Thursday at 8:00 am. The TA for the course is Serkan Zorba.

Homework1
Homework2,
Homework3,
 Homework4
  Homework5
EXAMINATIONS

There will be a midterm and a final.   The dates  will be announced later.

midterm

final

GRADES

The grade will be based on a numerical weight of  20% for the midterm, 40% for homeworks and 40% for final. You can get exempted from the final examination and get an automatic A if you write a term paper of sufficient quality: comparable  in my judgment to a paper in a leading journal. I will give suggestions of problems for the adventurous.

Your grades are ready. If you send me an email requesting your grade I will reply with the grade.The distribution of grades was A(2), A-(1), B(1), B-(3), C(3). Havea nice summer!.

 SYLLABUS AND PRE-REQUISITES (POSTSCRIPT FILE)
 
 

OFFICE HOURS
I will have office hours on
Tuesdays 11:00-12:00 (Bausch and Lomb 351).
Come see me especially if you find the course difficult.