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Liboff, Richard L.

Introductory quantum mechanics / Richard L. Liboff. - 4th ed. - Utter Pradesh : Pearson Education, 2003 - xvii, 878 p.

Part I. Elementary principles and applications to problems in one dimension --
Review of concepts of classical mechanics --
Historical review: experiments and theories --
The postulates of quantum mechanics. Operators, eigenfunctions, and eigenvalues --Preparatory concepts. Function spaces and hermitian operators --
Superposition and compatible observables --
Time development, conservation theorems, and parity --
Additional one-dimensional problems. Bound and unbound states --
Finite potential well, periodic lattice, and some simple problems with two degrees of freedom --
Part II. Further development of the theory and applications to problems in three dimensions. Angular momentum --
Problems in three dimensions --
Elements of matrix mechanics. Spin wavefunctions --
Application to atomic, molecular, solid-state, and nuclear physics. Elements of quantum statistics --
Perturbation theory --
Scattering in three dimensions --
Relativistic quantum mechanics --
Quantum computing.


English

ISBN: 9788131704417 (hbk)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Quantum theory

Dewey Class. No.: 530.12 / L6161