1. Lecture:
   TTh 10:15-11:30, RID 315
   Instructor: T. Schaefer, Office RID
   email: Thomas_Schaefer[at]ncsu.edu
   Office hours: Th 2:00-4:00 and by appointment.
   
2. Homework:
   Most thursdays a set of homework problems will be assigned. (You can also check the website.) The homework is due thursday the following week.
   
3. Exams
   There will be two midterm exams, some quizzes, and a final.
   
4. Grade
   Your final grade will be determined by weighting the various portions of the course as follows:
   Midterms: 30%, Quizzes: 10%, Final: 30%, Homework: 30%
   
5. Textbook
   Quantum Mechanics by Phillip J. E. Peebles, Princeton Univeristy Press. Supplemental Material:
   • Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, by David Griffiths, Benjamin Cummings.
     A popular undergraduate text book. Not as well written as Peebles, but structure closer to typical introductory physics books.
   • Modern Quantum Mechanics, by J. J. Sakurai, Addison Wesley.
     Not a good text book, but very useful supplement for both undergraduate and graduate students.
   • Principles of Quantum Mechanics, by R. Shankar, Springer.
     A little more challenging, and frequently used as a graduate textbook. Very well written and good for self study.

• Homework assignment 1: Problems V.2 and V.3 (due 1-17)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]
• Homework assignment 2: Problems V.1.c and d, V.4 and V.5 (due 1-24)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3], [page 4], [page 5]
• Homework assignment 3: Problems V.6 and V.7 (due 1-31)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]
• Homework assignment 4: pdf (due 2-07)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]
• Homework assignment 5: Problems V.9 and V.10 (due 2-21)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 6: Problems V.11, V.12 and V.13 (due 2-28)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]
• Homework assignment 7: Problem V.14 (due 3-13)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3], [page 4], [page 5], [page 6], [page 7], [page 8], [page 9]
• Homework assignment 8: Problem V.15, V.16 (due 3-20)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3], [page 4], [page 5]
• Homework assignment 9: Problem VI.1 (due 4-3, extended to 4-8)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3], [page 4]
• Homework assignment 10: Problem VI.5 a-g [h,i 50% Bonus] (due 4-10)
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3], [page 4], [page 5], [page 6], [page 7]

• Quiz 1: [quiz, solution]
• Quiz 2: [quiz, solution]
• Quiz 3: [quiz, solution]

• Midterm Exam 1: Th 2-14, 10:15-11:30 (chapter 5, degenerate and non-degenerate perturbation theory)
  [exam], [solutions]
• Midterm Exam 2: Th 3-27, 10:15-11:30 (all of chapter 5, time dependent and time independent perturbation theory)
  [exam], [solutions]
• Final: Th 5-1, 8:00-11:00 (chapter 5 and 6, in particular time independent and time dependent perturbation theory, spin and angular momentum, n-particle problems for bosons and fermions, variational methods, but NO scattering theory or relativistic quantum mechanics.)

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