GENERAL INFORMATION

• Syllabus

TEXTBOOKS

• (FY) Required: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics for Mathematics Students by L.D. Faddeev and O.A. Yakubovskii, American Mathematical Society, Student Mathematical Library, vol. 47, 2009, ISBN-10: 0-8218-4699-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-8218-4699-5, list price: $39 (the bookstore sells it at $41.60!). Library reference: Engineering Library QC174.125 .F3213 2009 . The book on amazon.com.
• (GS) Required: Mathematical Concepts of Quantum Mechanics by Stephen J. Gustafson and Israel Michael Sigal, Springer, Universitext, 2003, ISBN-10: 3540441603, ISBN-13: 978-3540441601, list price: $69.95. The book on amazon.com.
• (L) Required: From Quantum to Classical Molecular Dynamics: Reduced Models and Numerical Analysis by Christian Lubich, European Mathematical Society, 2008, ISBN-10: 3037190671, ISBN-13: 978-3037190678, list price: $41.60 (32 Euros). The book on amazon.com.
• (T) Recommended: Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians by Leon A. Takhtajan, American Mathematical Society, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, 2008, ISBN-10: 0821846302, ISBN-13: 978-0821846308, list price: $69.00. Library reference: Main Math Collection QC174.12 .T345 2008. The book on amazon.com.
• Visual Quantum Mechanics by Bernd Thaller.
• Advanced Visual Quantum Mechanics by Bernd Thaller.
• Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics by Gerard Teschl.

READINGS FROM THE TEXTBOOKS (AND FROM OTHER REFERENCES)

• Advanced reading: Strocchi: pp. 7-37
• Advanced reading: T: chapter 1 (especially subsections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8)
• Advanced reading: T: chapter 2
• FY: appendix, chapters 1-13
• GS: chapters 1-4, 5 (not in detail), 8
• L: chapters I, III
• FY: chapters 16-17
• GS: 7.5
• L: chapters II, IV, V
• FY:chapters 34, 45-52