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Course calendar

This is a broad-strokes calendar of anticipated topics. The detailed readings will be announced at least one week in advance.

References to the following standard textbooks will be included in the detailed (typically a reference to equivalent sections in each of the three standard textbooks):

• [SAK] J. J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics (1985)
• [LB] M. Le Bellac, Quantum Physics (2012)
• [GY] K. Gottfried, T.-M. Yan, Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals (2003)

Week 1

• Introduction of the course and objectives

Week 2

• Quantum mechanical systems in finite dimensions (two states)

Week 3

• Quantum mechanical systems in finite dimensions (two states)

Week 4

• The postulates of quantum mechanics

Week 5

• The postulates of quantum mechanics

Week 6

• Symmetries and conservation laws

Week 7

• Quantum mechanical systems in finite dimensions (more than two states)

Week 8

• Quantum mechanical systems in finite dimensions (more than two states)

Week 9

• Entangled quantum states

Week 10

• Quantum mechanical systems in infinite dimensions

Week 11

• Wave mechanics

Week 12

• Wave mechanics

Week 13

• Symmetries in quantum mechanics

Week 14

• Theory of angular momentum

Week 15

• Theory of angular momentum