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Chapter 32. A Revision of the Structure of Quantum Mechanics

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Place of Quantum Mechanics in Modern Physics

Chapter 2. The Dynamic Variables in Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 3. Wave Particle Duality, Superposition, and Non-Locality

Chapter 4. Complex Numbers, Wave Equations, and the Momentum Operator

Chapter 5. An End to Determinism

Chapter 6. The Newtonian Wave Equation

Chapter 7. Linear Spaces and Inner Products

Chapter 8. Operators, Eigenfunctions, and Eigenvalues

Chapter 9. The Place of Operators in Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 10. Commutation Relations in Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 11. Angular Momentum and the Position Operators

Chapter 12. A Note on Entanglement

Chapter 13. Expectation Value and Standard Deviation

Chapter 14. Probability

Chapter 15. The History of Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 16. Quantum Mechanics – An Overview

Chapter 17. Basic Formulae

Chapter 18. De Broglie Waves Lead to the Momentum Operator

Chapter 19. The Hamiltonian and Schrödinger’s Equations

Chapter 20. Boundary Conditions on Eigenfunctions

Chapter 21. Wave Mechanics - the Schrödinger Equation

Chapter 22. Solving the TISE in Several Potentials

Chapter 23. The Free Particle Solution of the TISE

Chapter 24. The Infinite Square Well Solution of the TDSE

Chapter 25. The Step Potential

Chapter 26. The 3-Dimensional Box and Degeneracy

Chapter 27. Parity

Chapter 28. The Simple Harmonic Oscillator

Chapter 29. Angular Momentum

Chapter 30. The Stern-Gerlach Experiment

Chapter 31. Intrinsic Spin

Chapter 32. A Revision of the Structure of Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 33. A Strange Aspect of Intrinsic Spin

Chapter 34. Identical Particles

Chapter 35. The Hydrogen Atom

Chapter 36. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

Concluding Remarks

Appendix. The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics

Bibliography

Index

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PDF ISBN: 978-1-68392-308-4 | E-Pub ISBN: 978-1-944534-45-5 | Paperback ISBN: 978-1-942270-79-9 | DOI: 10.1515/9781683923084
Publisher: Mercury Learning and Information
Copyright owner: © 2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 406