Schedule

The table below shows the topics we will cover in the course. Exact lecture dates for the topics may still shift, though.
Last updated: Aug 22, 2025.

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The reading assignments are strongly recommended accompanying reading to the lectures. They refer to chapters in Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 3rd Ed.

Lecture notes (the content of what I showed in the lecture) are available for download after each lecture (up to a day or two delay). They are only provided as a help in looking back what was covered.

Week Date Lecture Topics Reading Homework Discussion
1 8/26 Introduction
(Lecture content) 		Preface; 1.1-1.5 - -
8/28 Postulates of QM; Lightning tour of relevant Linear Algebra.
(Lecture content) 		Appendix A.1-3; 1.1-1.5; 3.6
2 9/2 Schrodinger equation and wave function
 1.1-1.5 HW 1 Disc. 1
9/4 Solving the time-independent Schrodinger equation
2.1
3 9/9 Solving the time-independent Schrodinger equation 2.2, 2.6 HW 2 Disc. 2
9/11 Solving the time-independent Schrodinger equation. 2.2, 2.6
4 9/16 Formalism
3; Appendix A HW 3 Disc. 3
9/18 Formalism 3; Appendix A
5 9/23 Formalism 3; Appendix A HW 4 (Practice exam) Disc. 4
9/25 The Uncertainty principle 3; Appendix A
6 9/30 Review HW 5 -
10/2 MIDTERM 1
7 10/7 The harmonic oscillator 2.3 HW 6 Disc. 5
10/9 The harmonic oscillator, cont'd. 2.3
8 10/14 Quantum vs. classical harmonic oscillator 2.3 HW 7 Disc. 6
10/16 QM in 3D 4.1
9 10/21 QM in 3D 4.1 HW 8 Disc. 7
10/23 Angular momentum 4.1,4.3
10 10/28 Angular momentum and angular equation 4.1,4.3 HW 9 (Practice Exam) Disc. 8
10/30 Radial equation and Hydrogen atom 4.2
11 11/4 Review HW 10 -
11/6 MIDTERM 2
12 11/11 Spin
 4.4 HW 11 Disc. 9
11/13 Spin 4.4
13 11/18 Identical particles, tensor products, and entanglement 5.1 HW 12 Disc. 10
11/21 Identical particles, tensor products, and entanglement 5.1
FALL BREAK
14 12/2 TBD HW 13 Disc. 11
12/4 TBD
15 12/9 TBD - -
FINAL: TBD