Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
The Quantization of Physical Quantities....Pages 1-7
The Radiation Laws....Pages 9-22
Wave Aspects of Matter....Pages 23-51
Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics I....Pages 53-77
Mathematical Supplement....Pages 79-86
The Schrödinger Equation....Pages 87-110
The Harmonic Oscillator....Pages 111-129
The Transition from Classical to Quantum Mechanics....Pages 131-143
Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields....Pages 145-171
The Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics II....Pages 173-192
Perturbation Theory....Pages 193-229
Spin....Pages 231-248
A Nonrelativistic Wave Equation with Spin....Pages 249-257
Elementary Aspects of the Quantum-Mechanical Many-Body Problem....Pages 259-285
Identical Particles....Pages 287-298
The Formal Framework of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 299-323
Conceptual and Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics....Pages 325-341
Back Matter....Pages 343-347