Quantum Mechanics

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Quantum MechanicsRichard FitzpatrickProfessor of PhysicsThe University of Texas at AustinContents1 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aim of Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outline of Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Probability Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What is Probability? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Combining Probabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Continuous Probability Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 113 Wave-Particle Introduction.

students should be reasonably familiar with Newtonian dynamics, elementary classical electromagnetism and special relativity, the physics and mathematics of waves (includ-ing the representation of waves via complex functions), basic probability theory, ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra, vector algebra, and Fourier ...

  Differential, Ordinary, Mechanics, Elementary, Quantum, Quantum mechanics