| Week | Reading Due Date | Day of Week | Reading Assignment | Topic | Homework for the Week |
| 1 | 8/31 9/2 9/4 |
Mon Wed Fri |
none Preface, 1.1 - 1.2 1.3 |
-- The Wave Function & its meaning Probability |
none |
| 2 | 9/7 9/9 9/11 |
Mon Wed Fri |
Labor Day: no class 1.4, 1.5 1.6, 2.1 |
-- Normalization; The Momentum Operator The Uncertainty Principle |
1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.15 |
| 3 | 9/14 9/16 9/18 |
Mon Wed Fri |
2.1 2.2 2.2 |
Stationary States The Infinite Potential Well |
1.7, 1.18, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 Due Monday, September 25th |
| 4 | 9/21 9/23 9/25 |
Mon Wed Fri |
Finish 2.2, 2.3.1 2.3.1 Exam #1 |
The Harmonic Oscillator | 2.10, 2.12, 2.15 Homework #3 handout (with hints!) Due Friday, October 2nd |
| 5 | 9/28 9/30 10/2 |
Mon Wed Fri |
2.3 Finish 2.3, 2.4 2.4 |
Harmonic Oscillator (cont'd) The Free Particle |
HW #3 due Friday no additional problems due this week |
| 6 | 10/5 10/7 10/9 |
Mon Wed Fri |
2.5 2.5 2.6 |
Dirac Delta Function Finite Potential Well |
2.18, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.26 Homework #4 handout (with hints!) Due Monday, October 12 |
| 7 | 10/12 10/14 10/16 |
Mon Wed Fri |
2.6 3.1 Exam # 2 |
Finite Potential Well II Formalism: Hilbert Space & Observables |
2.29, 2.34, 2.52, A.1, A.2, A.4, A.8, A.25(a,b,c) Homework #5 handout Due Friday, October 23 |
| 8 | 10/19 10/21 10/23 |
Mon Wed Fri |
3.2 - 3.3 no class 3.4 |
Observables -- Eigenvalue Approach |
No new problems assigned this week (but note the load from last week!) |
| 9 | 10/26 10/28 10/30 |
Mon Wed Fri |
3.6 3.5 4.1.1-4.1.2 |
Matrix Manipulation in QM The Uncertainty Principle The Schodinger Eq. in 3D |
3.5, 3.6, 3.38, (on part c, only answer the question for H, not A and B) 3.13, 3.18 (hint: make use of the results from probs. 2.4 and 2.5) Homework #6 handout Due Monday, November 2 |
| 10 | 11/2 11/4 11/6 |
Mon Wed Fri |
4.1.3 no class 4.2.1 |
QM in 3D -- The Hydrogen Atom: Radial Wave Eq. |
4.2 (parts (a) & (b) only), 4.3, 4.10, 4.13, 4.15 No Hints this week! Due Monday, November 9 |
| 11 | 11/9 11/11 11/13 |
Mon Wed Fri |
4.2.2 Veteran's Day: no class 4.3.1 |
Spectrum of Hydrogen -- Angular Momentum: eigenvalues I |
no additional problems this week |
| 12 | 11/16 11/18 11/20 |
Mon Wed Fri |
4.3.1 cont'd 4.3.2 Exam #3 |
Eigenvalues II Eigenfunctions |
4.18, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21 Homework #8 handout Due Monday, November 30 |
| 13 | 11/23 11/25 11/27 |
Mon Wed Fri |
4.4.1 no class no class |
SPIN! (go home) (eat) |
Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 14 | 11/30 12/2 12/4 |
Mon Wed Fri |
4.4.1 cont'd 4.4.2 4.4.2 cont'd |
Spin 1/2 Formalism Electrons in a magnetic field I (Double Lecture!) Electrons in a magnetic field II |
4.27, 4.28, 4.31 |
| 15 | 12/7 12/9 12/11 |
Mon Wed Fri |
4.4.3 12.1, 12.2 12.2 |
Addition of Angular Momentum I Add. Ang. Mom II/Philosophy (Double Lecture!) Philosophy |
4.34, 4.35, 4.55 |