Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 5.73 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Introductory Quantum Mechanics I 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Chemistry 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Troy Van Voorhis 
• Course Introduction:
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  5.73 Introductory Quantum Mechanics I
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete set of lecture notes.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  5.73 covers fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics: wave properties, uncertainty principles, Schrödinger equation, and operator and matrix methods. Basic applications of the following are discussed: one-dimensional potentials (harmonic oscillator), three-dimensional centrosymmetric potentials (hydrogen atom), and angular momentum and spin. The course also examines approximation methods: variational principle and perturbation theory.