Three hours of lecture a week for one semester. 3 credit(s) Wave-particle duality and Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Basic postulates of quantum mechanics, Schrodinger equation and wave functions, solution of the Schrodinger equation for one-dimensional systems and for the hydrogen atom. Perturbation theory, operator formalism, matrix mechanics.
Prerequisite(s): (MATH 260 or MATH 325 or MATH 380) and PHYS 220 Attribute: ARTS, PHYS