Instructor(s)
Prof. Troy Van Voorhis
MIT Course Number
5.73
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
5.73 covers fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics: wave properties, uncertainty principles, Schrödinger equation, and operator and matrix methods. Basic applications of the following are discussed: one-dimensional potentials (harmonic oscillator), three-dimensional centrosymmetric potentials (hydrogen atom), and angular momentum and spin. The course also examines approximation methods: variational principle and perturbation theory.
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