PHYSICS 461

QUANTUM MECHANICS II

PROBLEM SET # 1 DUE 3 September 2003

READING ASSIGNMENTS AND HOMEWORK PROBLEMS ARE FROM THE COURSE TEXT BY GRIFFITHS (G) AND/OR SHANKAR (S).

Read Chapters 4.3 and 4.4 in G and Chapters 11 and 12.1-12.4 and 14 in S.

Read (skim) Chapters 1 and 4 in S over the next 2 weeks. These chapters will provide a review of the mathematical methods of QM and a discussion of the postulates.

Do problems

1.) G: 4.27

2.) G: 4.28

3.) G: 4.29

4.) G: 4.30