Physics 501 - Fall 2008

Lecture Notes

Lecture 1 (9/3): Review of Classical Mechanics (Lagrange Formalism)




Lecture 2 (9/8): Review of Classical Mechanics (Hamiltonian Formalism)




Lecture 3 (9/10): Failures of Classical Mechanics




Lecture 4 (9/15): Postulate I (Vector Spaces)




Lecture 5 (9/17): Postulate II (Linear Operators)




Lecture 6 (9/22): Postulate III (Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues)




Lecture 7 (9/24): Infinite Dimensional Vector Spaces




Lecture 8 (9/29): Position and Momentum Operators




Lecture 9 (10/1): The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics




Lecture 10 (10/6): Measurements in Quantum Mechanics




Lecture 11 (10/8): Postulate IV (The Schrodinger Equation)




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