Contents
Preface to the first edition.........................................................................................vii
Preface to the second edition.....................................................................................ix
Preface to the third edition.........................................................................................xi
Author Biography....................................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1
Waves and Particles...............................................................................1
Chapter 2
The Schrodinger Equation...................................................................29
Chapter 3
Tunneling.............................................................................................69
Chapter 4
Periodic Potentials.............................................................................111
Chapter 5
The Harmonic Oscillator...................................................................129
Chapter 6
Operators and Bases..........................................................................155
Chapter 7
Stationary Perturbation Theory.........................................................179
Chapter 8
Time- Dependent Perturbation Theory...............................................199
Chapter 9
Motion in Centrally Symmetric Potential.........................................215
Chapter 10
Spin Angular Momentum..................................................................243
Chapter 11
An Introduction to Quantum Computing..........................................267
Solutions to Selected Problems ........................................................................... 295
Index ...................................................................................................................... 311