Principles of quantum mechanics /

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Author / Creator:Shankar, Ramamurti.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Plenum Press, c1994.
Description:xviii, 676 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2763980
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ISBN:0306447908
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Mathematical Introduction
  • Review of Classical Mechanics
  • All Is Not Well With Classical Mechanics
  • The Postulates-A General Discussion
  • Simple Problems in One Dimension
  • The Classical Limit
  • The Harmonic Oscillator
  • The Path Integral Formulation of Quantum Theory
  • The Heisenberg Uncertainty Relations
  • Systems with N Degrees of Freedom
  • Symmetries and Their Consequences
  • Rotational Invariance and Angular Momentum
  • The Hydrogen Atom
  • Spin
  • Addition of Angular Momenta
  • Variational and WKB Methods
  • Time-Independent Perturbation Theory
  • Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
  • Scattering Theory
  • The Dirac Equation
  • Path Integrals-II
  • Appendix
  • Answers to Selected Exercises
  • Table of Constants
  • Index