Physics 324 - Quantum Mechanics - Fall 2001

Handouts:

First tutorial (Wave-particle duality): handout 1, handout 2, handout 3 (PDF)
Dirac Notation (PDF, 7 pages)

Problem set assignments:

Problem set #1 (PDF) Due Friday 10/12/01
Problem set #2 (PDF) Due Friday 10/19/01
Problem set #3 (PDF) Due Friday 10/26/01
Problem set #4 (PDF) Due Friday 11/9/01 (along with tutorial problems)
Problem set #5 (PDF) Due Friday 11/16/01
Problem set #6 (problem 1 revised 12/7/01) (PDF) Due Monday 12/10/01
(SEE ERROR IN TEXT, prob. 11.2, described below)

Problem set solutions:

Midterm solutions:

Midterm #1 (PDF)
Midterm #2: Problem 1 (JPEG), Problems 2-3 (PDF)

Final Exam solutions:

Problems 2-8 (PDF)

Final class scores: 25%=homework, 25%=1/2 of final, remaining 50% from best two of
{midterm #1, midterm #2, 1/2 of final} , each part kept counting as 25%.

Mean=50
Median=55

Final Exam grades:

Mean: 19
Median: 18
Standard Deviation: 8

Midterm grades:

Midterm #1 Midterm #2

Midterm #1: Mean = 12.8, Median=13, Standard Deviation=4.3
Midterm #2: Mean = 13.5, Median=15, Standard Deviation=4.8

Warning -- errors in the text:

In problem 2, chapter 11: y= r sin(theta) sin(phi), not y=r sin(theta).
The Stefan-Boltzman constant given in Gasiorowicz, below eq. (1-12b), is incorrect. The correct value is 5.67 x 10^-5erg/(sec cm² K⁴)
The eq. right above eq. 1-25 is wrong, & is dimensionally inconsistent even. (1-25) is correct.

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