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PHY 520 - INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS

College of Arts and Sciences

Credit(s): 3

A lecture and problem course providing an introduction to the concepts and formalism of quantum mechanics. Primary emphasis is on the time- independent Schrodinger equation and its applications to simple systems such as the harmonic oscillator, the square-well potential, and the hydrogen atom without spin. Prereq: PHY 361, MA 214.

Prereq: PHY 361, MA 214.


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