The special theory of relativity -- The beginnings of the quantum theory -- The concept of the nuclear atom -- The development of wave mechanics -- Solutions of some one dimensional systems -- The formal structure of quantum mechanics -- The wave equation in three dimensions -- Spin, addition of angular momenta, and identical particles -- Approximation methods and applications -- Additional applications -- Scattering theory.
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This book is designed to bridge the gap between the desccriptive course at the sophomore level and a graduate course in quantum mechanics in which formal operator methods are used freely.