Quantum Theory I

3D graph projected onto 2D graph showing two peaks.

Ground state of a 2D quantum system with two classical minima. (Image adapted from course content.)

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MIT Course Number

8.321

As Taught In

Fall 2002

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

8.321 is the first semester of a two-semester subject on quantum theory, stressing principles. Topics covered include: Hilbert spaces, observables, uncertainty relations, eigenvalue problems and methods for solution thereof, time-evolution in the Schrodinger, Heisenberg, and interaction pictures, connections between classical and quantum mechanics, path integrals, quantum mechanics in EM fields, angular momentum, time-independent perturbation theory, density operators, and quantum measurement.

Related Content

Washington Taylor. 8.321 Quantum Theory I. Fall 2002. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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