A Student's Guide to the Schrödinger Equation

A clear guide to the key concepts and mathematical techniques underlying the Schrödinger equation, including homework problems and fully worked solutions.

Daniel A. Fleisch (Author)

9781108819787, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 February 2020

234 pages, 69 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.4 kg

'… the book … presents a remarkably sympathetic portrait …' Maya Maskarinec, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

Quantum mechanics is a hugely important topic in science and engineering, but many students struggle to understand the abstract mathematical techniques used to solve the Schrödinger equation and to analyze the resulting wave functions. Retaining the popular approach used in Fleisch's other Student's Guides, this friendly resource uses plain language to provide detailed explanations of the fundamental concepts and mathematical techniques underlying the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics. It addresses in a clear and intuitive way the problems students find most troublesome. Each chapter includes several homework problems with fully worked solutions. A companion website hosts additional resources, including a helpful glossary, Matlab code for creating key simulations, revision quizzes and a series of videos in which the author explains the most important concepts from each section of the book.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Vectors and functions
2. Operators and Eigenfunctions
3. The Schrödinger equation
4. Solving the Schrödinger equation
5. Solutions for specific potentials
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Engineering: general [TBC], Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Classical mechanics [PHD], Physics [PH], Mathematics [PB]