Description
Book SynopsisIntroduction to the Maths and Physics of Quantum Mechanics details the mathematics and physics that are needed to learn the principles of quantum mechanics.
It provides an accessible treatment of how to use quantum mechanics and why it is so successful in explaining natural phenomena. This book clarifies various aspects of quantum physics such as why quantum mechanics equations contain I, the imaginary number?', Is it possible to make a transition from classical mechanics to quantum physics without using postulates?' and What is the origin of the uncertainty principle?'. A significant proportion of discussion is dedicated to the issue of why the wave function must be complex to properly describe our real world.
The book also addresses the different formulations of quantum mechanics. A relatively simple introductory treatment is given for the standard Heisenberg matrix formulation and Schrodinger wave-function formulation and Feynman path integrals and second quant
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Classical Physics. Chapter 2: The Crisis of Classical Mechanics. Chapter 3: From Classical to Quantum Physics. Chapter 4: Early Quantum Theory: Bohr's Atom. Chapter 5: Schrodinger Equation. Chapter 6: Matrices in Quantum Mechanics. References. Index.
