Module 1

Syllabus List of Modules Schedule Discussion

Web Material:  The Fundamental Assumptions of Quantum Mechanics

Fundamental Assumptions
A free particle
One-dimensional wave packets
The Heisenberg uncertainty relations
The time evolution of a free wave packet
The spreading of a wave packet

Additional Material:

Reading:  Sakurai, Appendix A1, Cohen-Tannoudji, Chapters 1A-1C
Numerical work:  Program 1

Assignment:

Assignment 1
Solutions