Physics 256F
Introduction to Quantum Physics: October Handouts.
Much of the material about the axiomatic approach to quantum mechanics
is not treated in detail in our main textbook, so I am supplying some
supplementary references here.
My transparencies on the postulates of QM:
Pages 1-2
Pages 3-4
Page 5.
Excerpts from Shankar's introduction to the postulates (note that there
is no universal agreement of how to number these postulates!):
Pages 1-5
Pages 6-10.
Excerpts from Shankar's review of linear algebra and introduction to Dirac
notation:
Pages 1-4
Pages 5-8.
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