Graduate Quantum
Mechanics GR6037
Professor Norman Christ
This site provides information about this
course, offered in the Fall of 2026. (Last year's website for this course: GR6037_f25 and for last year's spring semester: GR6038_s26)
- Professor Christ:
- Email: mailto:[email protected]
- Office: 801 Pupin
- Telephone: 212 854 3307
- Office hours: Tuesdays, 1:30-3:00, room 801 Pupin
- Ceran Hu (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 the books on reserve in the library: none at present
- Syllabus, schedule and suggested reading: schedule
- Some computational problems will be assigned that can be solved using Python. This link connects to a page providing:
- Instructions to download Anaconda distribution
- Supporting material for working problems that appear in homework assignments.
- Notes on topics presented in class:
- Assignments A PDF copy of your solutions should be uploaded 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: Fridays at 1:00 pm in room 424 Pupin
- Notes on topics presented in class: to be added
- 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) on or before 1:59 am
- Completed problem sets should be uploaded to Courseworks. They should be hand written and scanned (pdf preferred).
- Problem solutions uploaded up to one week late will have their scores reduced 15% and those more than one week late will have a 25% penalty. These penalties can be avoided if an appropriate request for an extension is emailed to Prof. Christ (mailto:[email protected]) in advance.
- Grades: Grades will be determined from a weighted
average of the homework (20%), the midterm exam (30%) and the final exam (50%).
- Academic integrity
This site last modified Sept. 10, 2026.
Recent Changes |
| Details of problem set submission added above (Sept 9, 2026) |
| Problem session scheduled for Fridays at 1:00 pm in room 424 Pupin. Start 9/18/2026 (Sept 9, 2026) |
| Problem set #1, due Sept. 20 has been posted. (Sept 10, 2026) |