Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Wave mechanics
Quadratic and linear potentials
The hydrogen atom
Scattering and tunnelling
The mathematical structure of quantum theory
The commutation relations
Angular momentum
Symmetry in quantum theory
Measurements and paradoxes
Alternative formulations of quantum theory
Stationary perturbation theory
Iterative perturbation theory
Variational methods
The semi-classical approximation
Systems of several particles
Relativistic wave equation
Dirac particles in electromagnetic fields
Symmetries of elementary particles
A review of linear algebra and groups
Open systems

Reviews

`Students who master the contents of this book as undergraduates would have considerable advantages over many of their contemporaries.'
New Scientist, 11 October 1997
`This book is very well written and the presentation is lucid. It can be recommended to its intended readership'
Aslib Book Guide
`Although the author claims that his treatment is less than rigorous, it is considerably more advanced than that taught to many undergraduates...........Students who master the contents of this book as undergraduates would have considerable advantages over many of their contemporaries if they moved on to research in theoretical or mathematical physics'
Nature