Lecture 7: Expectation Values

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Lecture 7 Expectation Values The material in
this lecture covers the following in Atkins.
11.5 The informtion of a
wavefunction (d)
superpositions and expectation values
Lecture on-line Expectation Values
(PDF) Expectation value (PowerPoint)
handouts Assigned problems for
lecture 7
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Tutorials on-line Reminder of the
postulates of quantum mechanics
The postulates of quantum mechanics (This is
the writeup for Dry-lab-II)( This
lecture has covered postulate 5)
Basic concepts of importance for the
understanding of the postulates
Observables are Operators - Postulates of
Quantum Mechanics Expectation
Values - More Postulates
Forming Operators Hermitian
Operators Dirac Notation
Use of Matricies
Basic math background
Differential Equations
Operator Algebra Eigenvalue
Equations Extensive account
of Operators Historic development
of quantum mechanics from classical mechanics
The Development of Classical
Mechanics Experimental
Background for Quantum mecahnics
Early Development of Quantum mechanics
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Audio-visuals on-line Postulates of
Quantum mechanics (PDF) (simplified version
from Wilson) Postulates of
Quantum mechanics (HTML) (simplified version
from Wilson) Postulates of
quantum mechanics (PowerPoint )(simplified
version from Wilson)
Slides from the text book (From the CD
included in Atkins ,)
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Postulate 1
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Postulate 5
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Postulate 3
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The End
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