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: Sep 9, 2026.

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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 8/25 Introduction
(Lecture content)		 Preface; 1.1-1.5 - -
8/27 Postulates of QM; Lightning tour of relevant Linear Algebra.
(Lecture content)		 Appendix A.1-3; 1.1-1.5; 3.6
2 9/1 Schrodinger equation and wave function
(Lecture content)		 1.1-1.5 HW 1 (due 9/9) Disc. 1
9/3 Solving the time-independent Schrodinger equation: infinite square well
(Lecture content)		 2.1, 2.2
3 9/8 Solving the time-independent Schrodinger equation: infinite square well; free particle. 2.2, 2.4 HW 2 (due 9/16) Disc. 2
9/10 Solving the time-independent Schrodinger equation: finite well. 2.4, 2.6
4 9/15 NO LECTURE   HW 3 (due 9/23) Disc. 3
9/17 NO LECTURE  
5 9/22 Formalism: Vectors and Operators 3; Appendix A HW 4 (due 9/30) Disc. 4
9/24 Formalism: Operators, basis transformations. 3; Appendix A; Paper: QM from qubits
6 9/29 Formalism: the uncertainty relation 3.5 - Disc. 5
10/1 The harmonic oscillator 2.3
7 10/6 Review   HW 5 (due 10/14) -
10/8 MIDTERM 1  
8 10/13 Quantum vs. classical harmonic oscillator 2.3 HW 6 (due 10/21) Disc. 6
10/15 QM in 3D, angular momentum 4.1
9 10/20 Angular momentum 4.1 HW 7 (due 10/28) Disc. 7
10/22 Angular equation and spherical harmonics 4.1,4.3
10 10/27 The radial equation 4.1,4.3 - Disc. 8
10/29 Radial equation and Hydrogen atom 4.2
11 11/3 Review   HW 8 (due 11/11) -
11/5 MIDTERM 2  
12 11/10 Spin 4.4 HW 9 (due 11/18) Disc. 9
11/12 Spin 4.4
13 11/17 Identical particles 5.1 HW 10 (due 12/2) Disc. 10
11/19 Identical particles 5.1
FALL BREAK
14 12/1 TBD   HW 11 (due 12/9) Disc. 11
12/3 TBD  
15 12/8 Entanglement, Bell's inequality, and quantum teleportation   - -
FINAL: date, time and room TBD (final exam period: Dec 11 - 17)