Physics 501 Fall 2022
Course Topics 

Textbook: D.J. Griffiths and D.F. Schroeter, "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics", 3rd ed.


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Topics covered in class during the semester.
The listing below should be useful as a studyguide for the mid-term test and the final exam.
The topics can be found in the textbook and are as follows:

The wave function   |  Eigenfunction of an Hermitian Operator   |  Statistical Interpretation   |  Uncertainty Principle    |   Dirac Notation    |   Linear Algebra -- Appendix   

The Particle Wave Function; Part of Chapter 1 (continuous variables) and 2.1

Section 2.2: The Infinite Square Well

Section 2.3: The Harmonic Oscillator --- Algebraic Method 2.3.1

Section 2.4: The free particle

Section 2.5: The Delta-function Potential

Section 2.6: The finite Square Well

Chapter 3: Formalism

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Section 3.4: Generalized Statistical Interpretation

Section 3.5: The Uncertainty Principle

Section 3.6: Dirac Notation, textbook 2nd ed.;     3.6: Vectors and Operators, textbook 3rd ed.

Appendix A: LinearAlgebra

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