Syllabus

Here is a list of topics we will cover. The schedule is approximate and can change as we go.

Lectures 1-4
Shankar Ch.1 - Essential math apparatus of  Quantum Mechanics
Lectures 5 & 6
Ch. 2 and 3 - Relation between Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Lectures 7 & 8
Ch. 4 - Postulates of  Quantum Mechanics
Lectures 9-13
Ch. 5 and 6 - One-dimensional problems + Heisenberg representation
Lectures 14 & 15
Ch. 7  Harmonic Oscillator
Lectures 16
Ch. 9 - Uncertainty relations and beginning of Ch. 10
Lecture 17
End of Ch. 10 - Identical particles
Lectures 18-22
Ch. 11-13 - Symmetries in QM, Rotational invariance and Hydrogen
Lecture 23
Accidental degeneracy in Hydrogen
Lecture 24-27
Ch. 14 and 15 - Spin and Addition of angular momenta
Lecture 28
Ch. 17 - Time-independent perturbation theory
 

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