1.3: Aim of Course
- Page ID
- 1250
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The aim of this course is to develop non-relativistic quantum mechanics as a complete theory of microscopic dynamics, capable of making detailed predictions, with a minimum of abstract mathematics.
Contributors
Richard Fitzpatrick (Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin)
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