PHYS 580 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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Final exam: 1:30pm–4:30pm, Tuesday, December 15, in class.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Lecture Notes | HW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/24 | Intro, syllabus etc. Math of QM | Notes | ||
| 8/26 | More math of QM, operators, eigenvalues .. | Sak Ch 1 | Notes | |
| 8/31 | Math of QM | Notes | HW 1 assigned | |
| 9/2 | Infinite dimensional Hilbert Spaces | Notes | ||
| 9/7 | Labor Day – No class | |||
| 9/9 | Operators, unbounded, self adjoint | Notes | ||
| 9/14 | QM Postulates, Simple quantum systems | Sak Ch 1 | Notes |
HW 1 due (on gradescope use code: VE83ZG) HW 2 assigned (due Sep 29) |
| 9/16 | Uncertainty princplie, tensor products, density matrices | Sak Ch 1 | Notes | |
| 9/21 | Classical mechanics | Rob Leigh's notes (ch 2) | Notes | |
| 9/23 | Sak Ch 2 | Notes | ||
| 9/28 | Notes | |||
| 9/30 | Notes | |||
| 10/5 | Notes | |||
| 10/7 | Notes | |||
| 10/12 | Notes | |||
| 10/14 | Notes | |||
| 10/19 | Notes | |||
| 10/21 | Midterm Exam (in class) | Notes | ||
| 10/26 | Notes | |||
| 10/28 | Notes | |||
| 11/2 | Notes | |||
| 11/4 | Notes | |||
| 11/9 | Notes | |||
| 11/11 | Notes | |||
| 11/16 | Notes | |||
| 11/18 | Notes | |||
| 11/23 | Thanksgiving Break – No class | |||
| 11/25 | Thanksgiving Break – No class | |||
| 11/30 | Notes | |||
| 12/2 | Notes | |||
| 12/7 | Notes | |||
| 12/9 | Notes | |||
| 12/15 | Final Exam, 1:30pm–4:30pm, in class |
