PHY356H1F
Quantum Mechanics I
Official description
The general structure of wave mechanics; eigenfunctions and eigenvalues; operators; orbital angular momentum; spherical harmonics; central potential; separation of variables; hydrogen atom; Dirac notation; operator methods; harmonic oscillator and spin.
- Prerequisite
- MAT223H1/MAT240H1, MAT235Y1/MAT237Y1/MAT257Y1, PHY250H1, PHY256H1/(CHM222H1, CHM223H1), (PHY256H1 recommended)
- Co-requisite
- MAT244H1/MAT267H1
- Exclusion
- CHM326H1
- Recommended preparation
- n.a.
- Textbook
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David J. Griffiths and Darrell F. Schroeter, "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics", 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2018) - Breadth requirement
- BR=5
- Distribution requirement
- DR=SCI
Additional information
You should have easy access to this text if you are taking the course. But there will also be additional material, some of it at a higher level. In particular, notes covering the first chapter of
R. Shankar, "Principles of Quantum Mechanics", 2nd edition, Kluwer Boston Incorporated, Boston, MA (1994)
will be distributed, and this material will be very imprtant for the course. You need not purchase this text but you can look at it online (e.g. go to amazon.ca search for the book, and click on "Read sample" to see the start of the book) to get a feel for the mathematical level of the course.
- course title
- PHY356H1F
- session
- fall
- year of study
- 3rd year
- time and location
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24L: LEC0101, LEC2001: MR10 12T: W12/W2 Students/TAs: Room information available on ACORN (https://www.acorn.utoronto.ca/) Instructors: Room information available in the LSM Portal (https://lsm.utoronto.ca/lsm_portal)
- instructor
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