PHYS 114 KS - Quantum Mechanics with Computational Applications

An upper-division course in quantum mechanics using both analytical and numerical methods to solve problems. Topics include Shroedinger’s wave mechanics, Heisenberg’s matrix formulations, Dirac formalism, hydrogen model, harmonic oscillators, spin and Pauli matrices, perturbation theory.

Prerequisite(s): Differential Equations and/or Linear Algebra, PHYS 035, PHYS 100 or equivalent, or by permission of instructor. (Prior knowledge of some basic elements or linear algebra - matrices eigenvectors, eigenvalues - is assumed.)
Course Credit: 1.0
Offered: Every spring

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