Readership: Second to final year mathematics undergraduates, also physics undergraduates, and mathematics graduate students.
Keith Hannabuss, Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Balliol College, Oxford
"Students who master the contents of this book as undergraduates would have considerable advantages over many of their contemporaries." - New Scientist, 11 October 1997
"This book is very well written and the presentation is lucid. It can be recommended to its intended readership" - Aslib Book Guide
"Although the author claims that his treatment is less than rigorous, it is considerably more advanced than that taught to many undergraduates...........Students who master the contents of this book as undergraduates would have considerable advantages over many of their contemporaries if they moved on to research in theoretical or mathematical physics" - Nature
Preface Introduction Wave mechanics Quadratic and linear potentials The hydrogen atom Scattering and tunnelling The mathematical structure of quantum theory The commutation relations Angular momentum Symmetry in quantum theory Measurements and paradoxes Alternative formulations of quantum theory Stationary perturbation theory Iterative perturbation theory Variational methods The semi-classical approximation Systems of several particles Relativistic wave equation Dirac particles in electromagnetic fields Symmetries of elementary particles A review of linear algebra and groups Open systems
