If you haven't already done so... Download Transition to Quantum.pdf Week Lectures Topics/Assignments Jan 30 W Expectation values, averages, operators -Feb 1 F Eigenvalue problems Feb M First problem set due at beginning of class; 4-8 Time-independent 1-dimensional problems (boxes); W Parity. Normalization and orthogonality. Beams and scattering. F Finite wells, tunneling. Boundary conditions. Feb M Return prob set #1. CUPS computations and PhET Web examples, including 11-15 W Coupled 1D problems, double well, delta-function limit (Dr B. Perret). F Expansion postulate, Dirac notation, bra's, ket's, expectation values. Feb 25 M Second problem set due at beginning of class |