
A Student's Guide to the Schroedinger Equation
Daniel A. Fleisch(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 30. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-108-43960-2 (ISBN)
Description
Quantum mechanics is a hugely important topic in science and engineering, but many students struggle to understand the abstract mathematical techniques used to solve the Schroedinger equation and to analyse the resulting wave functions. Retaining the popular approach used in Fleisch's other student's guides, this friendly resource uses plain language to provide detailed explanations of the fundamental concepts and mathematical techniques underlying the Schroedinger equation in quantum mechanics. It addresses the problems students find most troublesome in a clear and intuitive way, and each chapter includes several homework problems with fully worked solutions. A companion app from Edukado hosts additional resources, including an extensive glossary, quick quizzes, interactive graphs and a series of videos in which the author explains the most important concepts from each section of the book. The supporting app enables students to test their learning and develop a deeper understanding of the topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 8 Halftones, black and white; 61 Line drawings, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-108-43960-2 (9781108439602)
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Person
Daniel A. Fleisch is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Wittenberg University, where he specialises in electromagnetics and space physics. He is the author of four other books published by Cambridge: A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations (2008); A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors (2011); A Student's Guide to the Mathematics of Astronomy (2013) and A Student's Guide to Waves (2015).
Content
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Vectors and functions; 2. Operators and Eigenfunctions; 3. The Schroedinger equation; 4. Solving the Schroedinger equation; 5. Solutions for specific potentials; References; Index.