Quantum Mechanics I

Class Details

Timings - 10 AM - 11 AM (Monday), 8 AM - 9 AM (Wednesday, Friday); Location - Room 2, AB1A.

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Grading policy - Quiz 1 - 15%; Quiz 2 - 15%; Mid Sem - 30%; End Sem - 40%

Topics

Foundations of quantum mechanics. Waveparticle duality. Uncertainty principle. Schrödinger equation. One-dimensional potential. Operator formalism. Central potentials. Hydrogen atom. Angular momentum algebra.

Text Books

• D. J. Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008)

• D. Tong, Quantum Mechanics (Cambridge Unversity Press, 2025)

• R. Shankar, Principles of Quantum Mechanics (Springer, 1994)

• C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, and F. Laloë, Quantum Mechanics (Wiley, 2005)

Notes

Correctness/accuracy not guaranteed. Please report any mistakes that are found.

• Wavefunction

• Time-independent Schrödinger equation

• The free particle

Assignments

1. Problems 1.5, 1.9 from Griffiths

2. Problems 2.1, 2.2 from Griffiths

Resources

• Several useful resources are listed on Arnab Rudra's QM course website