Lecture 6: Operators and Quantum

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Lecture 6 Operators and Quantum Mechanics
The material in this lecture covers the following
in Atkins. 11.5 The informtion of a
wavefunction (c)
Operators Lecture on-line
Operators in quantum mechanics (PDF)
Operators in quantum mechanics
(HTML) Operators in Quantum
mechanics (PowerPoint) Handout (PDF)
Assigned Questions
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Tutorials on-line
Reminder of the postulates of quantum mechanics
The postulates of
quantum mechanics (This is the writeup for
Dry-lab-II)( This
lecture has covered postulate 3)
Basic concepts of importance for the
understanding of the postulates
Observables are Operators -
Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
Expectation Values - More
Postulates
Forming Operators
Hermitian Operators
Dirac Notation
Use of Matricies
Basic math background
Differential Equations
Operator Algebra
Eigenvalue Equations
Extensive account of
Operators Historic
development of quantum mechanics from classical
mechanics The
Development of Classical Mechanics
Experimental Background for
Quantum mecahnics
Early Development of Quantum mechanics
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Audio-visuals on-line Early Development of
Quantum mechanics Audio-visuals on-line
Postulates of Quantum mechanics
(PDF) (simplified version from Wilson)
Postulates of Quantum mechanics (HTML)
(simplified version from Wilson)
Postulates of Quantum mechanics (PowerPoint
) (simplified version from Wilson)
Slides from the text book (From
the CD included in Atkins ,)
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Postulate 1
Postulate 1
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Postulate 1
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Postulate 3
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Postulate 4
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