Instructor Craig Pryor
402 VAN
335-0099
craig-pryor@uiowa.edu
ICON The icon site for the course is over there
Text Modern Quantum Mechanics, 3rd edition, by J. J. Sakurai and Jim Napolitano.
(errata for the 2nd addion are available over there)
optional: Quantum Mechanics by F. Schwabl. This book is available online there as part of the U. of Iowa’s Springer e-book subscription. You may download pdf’s for free or order a softcover copy of the entire book for $25.
Another good textbook is Quantum Mechanics by A. Messiah. It's one of the old classics, and is available in a Dover edition.
Lectures MWF 9:30-10:20 358 VAN
Office Hours M 2:30-3:30
Tu 1:00-2:00
W 1:00-2:00
or by appointment
Course Description Nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, Schrödinger wave mechanics, Hilbert space methods, scattering, spin and angular momentum, selected applications.
Homework Homework will be assigned each Wednesday and due the following Wednesday. Homeworks will be self-graded. You must submit to ICON a scan of your assignment by 5:00 PM on the due date. The solution, with scoring instructions, will be posted on ICON that evening. You will then turn in your graded assignment at the next class meeting. The “grader” (for the course will then check your self-graded papers for consistency.
Exams Midterm 1 October 1
Midterm 2 December 3
Final Exam December 13
Grading Homework 20%, Midterms 25% each, Final 30%. Each homework assignment will contribute equally to the homework total, regardless of the number points in an assignment.
The full syllabus with important policies is over there
Additional Material
notes: week1 week2 week3
Problem Sets
- Due Wednesday, September 1 Sakurai & Napolitano Chapter 1 Problems 2, 4, 6, 8, 9. (1,2,4,6,7 in 2nd ed.) submit there solutions there or on icon
- Due Wednesday, September 8 Sakurai & Napolitano Chapter 1 Problems 16, 21, 25, 26, 28. (14,19,23,24,26 in 2nd ed.) submit there.
- Due Wednesday, September 15 Sakurai & Napolitano Chapter 1 Problems 31, 32, 33, 35, 36 (29-33 in 2nd ed.). submit there
- Due Wednesday, September 22 Sakurai & Napolitano Chapter 2 Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 (1, 2, 3, 4, 10 in 2nd ed.). submit there
- Due Wednesday, September 29 Sakurai & Napolitano Chapter 2 Problems 14, 15, 16, 19, 20 (12, 13, 14, 17, 18 in 2nd ed.)
- Due Wednesday, October 13 Sakurai & Napolitano Chapter 2 Problems 27, 28, 29, 30, 35 (22, 23, 24, 25, 27 in 2nd ed.)
- Due Wednesday, October 20 this
- Due Wednesday, October 27 Sakurai and Napolitano Chapter 2 problems 40, 42, 44, 49, 50 (31, 32, 34, 39, 40 in 2nd edition)
- Due Wednesday, November 3 this
- Due Wednesday, November 10 this
- Due Wednesday, November 17 this
- Due Wednesday, December 1 this
- Due Saturday, December 11 this