http://gallatin.physics.lsa.umich.edu/~keithr/p511/

Course Bulletin Board Page:

http://gallatin.physics.lsa.umich.edu/~keithr/p511/bulletinboard.html

Prof. Keith Riles
372 West Hall
(734) 764-4652
kriles@umich.edu

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:00-12:00 in 4404 Randall

Wednesday 2:00-3:00 and Thursday 3:00-4:00

Alejandra Castro
Office hour: Monday 10:00-11:00 in 3420 Randall (grading questions/concerns)
aycastro@umich.edu (office phone: 615-6428)

Lecture Plan

Required Text:

Quantum Mechanics,  Ernest S. Abers (2004)
Information on textbook errata

Graduate level for alternative treatments:

• Quantum Mechanics, Eugen Merzbacher
• Quantum Mechanics, Leonard Schiff

Undergraduate level for simpler presentation:

• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, David Griffiths
• Quantum Physics, Stephen Gasiorowicz

Mathematical functions and tables:

• Mathematical Methods for Physicists, G.B. Arfken & H.J. Weber
• Handbook of Mathematical Functions, M. Abramowitz & I. Stegun

There will be 13 homework assignments, nominally due at the start of each Friday lecture (starting September 15) but with two exceptions, as shown below:

 

Assignment	Due date
1	Friday Sept. 15
2	Friday Sept. 22
3	Friday Sept. 29
4	Friday Oct. 6
5	Friday Oct. 13
	(Exam week)
6	Friday Oct. 27
7	Friday Nov. 3
8	Friday Nov. 10
9	Friday Nov. 17
10	Wednesday Nov 22 (Thanksgiving week)
11	Friday Dec 1
12	Friday Dec. 8.
13	Wednesday Dec. 13 (last day of classes)

Assigned homework problems will be web-posted at least one week before their due date. Solutions will be posted on the web site after each Friday lecture. Both problem assignments and solutions will be posted as pdf (portable document format) files. These files can be read with the Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which is installed already on most U-M computers and can be downloaded for free from Adobe. The program can be run automatically (separately or as an integrated "plug-in") from your Web browser, allowing you to quickly examine and print out documents.

Problems and solutions will be posted on the course bulletin board page:

Because solutions will be posted immediately, late homework will not be accepted.

There will be an in-class, 50-minute midterm exam covering most of chapters 1-3 of the Abers text on Friday October 20, and the final exam covering all of chapters 1-6 will be held Wednesday December 20 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Course grades will be based on homework (40%), the midterm exam (20%) and the final exam (40%).