PHYS 3803---QUANTUM MECHANICS I (Spring 2021)

     

Syllabus (PDF)

Table of Contents (PDF)

    Week 1 (January 25--January 29)

Topic of this Week: Review of Classical Mechanics

Problem Set 1 (PDF)

Lecture 1, Jan 26 (Tue)

Lecture 2, Jan 28 (Thu)

    Week 2 (February 01--February 05)

Topic of this Week: Mathematical Tools

Problem Set 2 (PDF)

Lecture 3, Feb 02 (Tue)

Lecture 4, Feb 04 (Thu)

    Week 3 (February 08--February 12)

Topic of this Week: Mathematical Tools

Problem Set 3 (PDF)

Lecture 5, Feb 09 (Tue)

Lecture 6, Feb 11 (Thu)

    Week 4 (February 15--February 19)

Topic of this Week: Mathematical Tools

Problem Set 4 (PDF)

Winter Storm, Feb 16 (Tue)

Lecture 7, Feb 18 (Thu)

    Week 5 (February 22--February 26)

Topic of this Week: Mathematical Tools

Problem Set 5 (PDF)

Lecture 8, Feb 23 (Tue)

Lecture 9, Feb 25 (Thu)

    Week 6 (March 01--March 05)

Topic of this Week: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics and Schr\"odinger Equation [Griffiths 1 and 2]

Problem Set 6 (PDF)

Lecture 10, Mar 02 (Tue)

Lecture 11, Mar 04 (Thu)

    Week 7 (March 08--March 12)

Topic of this Week: Time-Independent Schr\"odinger Equation [Griffiths 2]

Lecture 12, Mar 09 (Tue)

Lecture 13, Mar 11 (Thu)

    Week 8 (March 15--March 19)

Topic of this Week: Time-Independent Schr\"odinger Equation [Griffiths 2]

Problem Set 7 (PDF)

Midterm Exam, Mar 16 (Tue)

Lecture 14, Mar 18 (Thu)

    Week 9 (March 22--March 26)

Topic of this Week: Harmonic Oscillator [Griffiths 2.3]

Problem Set 8 (PDF)

Lecture 15, Mar 23 (Tue)

Lecture 16, Mar 25 (Tue)

    Week 10 (March 29--April 02)

Topic of this Week: Harmonic Oscillator [Griffiths 2.3]

Lecture 17, Mar 30 (Tue)

Lecture 18, Apr 01 (Thu)

    Week 11 (April 05--April 09)

Topic of this Week: Rotations and Angular Momentum [Griffiths 4.1 and 4.3]

Problem Set 9 (PDF)

Instructional Holiday, Apr 06 (Tue)

Lecture 19, Apr 08 (Thu)

    Week 12 (April 12--April 16)

Topic of this Week: Rotations and Angular Momentum [Griffiths 4.1 and 4.3]

Lecture 20, Apr 13 (Tue)

Lecture 21, Apr 15 (Thu)

    Week 13 (April 19--April 23)

Topic of this Week: Rotations and Angular Momentum [Griffiths 4.1 and 4.3]

Problem Set 10 (PDF)

Lecture 22, Apr 20 (Tue)

Lecture 23, Apr 22 (Thu)

    Week 14 (April 26--April 30)

Topic of this Week: Hydrogen Atom [Griffiths 4.2]

Lecture 24, Apr 27 (Tue)

Lecture 25, Apr 29 (Thu)

    Week 15 (May 03--May 07)

Topic of this Week: Hydrogen Atom [Griffiths 4.2]

Lecture 26, May 04 (Tue)

Lecture 27, May 06 (Thu)