Energy and Matter: Our Quantum World (Knop)
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- 55191
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Energy and Matter: Our Quantum World is designed as a mathematically rigorous introduction to quantum mechanics for all students at a liberal arts university. While it does demand that students be comfortable with algebra, it does not require any prior study of physics, nor does it require any calculus.
Front Matter
- 1: Units and Dimensionality
- 2: Energy
- 3: Momentum and Angular Momentum
- 4: The Spin-1/2 Particle
- 5: Dirac Notation
- 6: Amplitudes and Probabilities
- 7: The Collapse of the Wave Function
- 8: Operators and Eigenvectors
- 9: Vectors and Matrices
- 10: Pauli Spin Matrices
- 11: Noncommuting Operators and Uncertainty
- 12: Multiple Particle States
- 13: The Schrödinger Equation
- 14: Atomic Orbitals
- 15: The Periodic Table of the Elements
- 16: Matter
Back Matter