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Graduate Quantum Mechanics GR6037

Professor Norman Christ

This site provides information about this course, offered in the Fall of 2024. (Website for most recent version of Prof. Christ's course: GR6037_f19)

Professor Christ:

Ceran Hu (Teaching Assistant):

Haneul Kwak (Teaching Assistant):

Text books:

Required: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics (Lecture Notes & Supplements in Physics), Gordon Baym, Perseus Books, ISBN: 978-0805306675
Required:Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals, Gottfried and Yan, second edition, ISBN: 978-0387955766
Additional text books.
List of these books on reserve in the library: https://www1.columbia.edu/sec-cgi-bin/cul/respac/respac?CRSE=20243PHYS6037G001

Syllabus, schedule and suggested reading: schedule

Some computational problems will be assigned that can solved using Python. This link connects to a page providing:

Notes on topics presented in class:

Assignments A PDF copy of your solutions should be upload to Courseworks by the end of the day in which the problem set is due.

Class time and place: 8:40-9:55, Monday and Wednesday, 329 Pupin.

Problem sessions: 1:00 - 2:30 pm Tuesday in room 829 Mudd

Notes on topics presented in class:

Midterm exam: In class on Monday, October 21st.

Closed book but a two-sided sheet of formulae may be used.
All material up through simple harmonic coherent states (problem set #5) will be covered.
The practice midterm provides some guidance regarding what to expect.
There will be a review session in which we will go over the practice midterm on Thursday, October 17 at 6:00 pm in room 705 Pupin.

Final exam:

Try the practice final exam
Review session to discuss practice final: 329 Pupin, Tuesday, December 10, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ceran will told an additional review session for 10:30-12:00 m on Thursday, December 12 in room 705 Pupin
Exam will take place on Friday, Dec 13, 9:00-12:00 m, in room 214 Pupin.
Exam will be closed book but a two-sided sheet of formulae may be used.
You may find complilations of problem such as Exploring Quantum Mechanics: A Collection of 700+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers by Victor Galitski, Boris Karnakov, Vladimir Kogan, Victor Galitski Jr, and others on Amazon useful.

Homework:

Problem sets will be distributed on this website on or before Thursday and will consist of 3-4 problems
They will be due the next following Sunday (ten days later).
Completed problem sets should be uploaded to Courseworks.

Grades: Grades will be determined from a weighted average of the homework (20%), the midterm exam (30%) and the final exam (50%).

This site last modified December 09, 2024.

Recent Changes

Ceran has scheduled an additional review session for 10:30 on Thursday, December 12 in room 705 Pupin.

You may find published collections of QM problems useful for study, see suggestion under Final exam heading above (Dec 5, 2024)

A practice final exam has been posted which will be discussed during the review session on Thuesday Dec 10th. (Dec 5, 2024)

Final office hours for the semester scheduled from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on Thursday, Dec. 12 (Dec 9, 2024)