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- Provides fresh access to quantum mechanics through the combination of standard topics with new understanding
- Gives a reasonably easy and modern introduction into quantum mechanics
- Contains many additional explanations which are not contained in other textbooks
- Addresses recent developments and applications of quantum mechanics
- Discusses further leading topics and additional basic knowledge in the appendix
- Displays in parallel the analytic and algebraic formulation of quantum mechanics
- Supports learning with exercises and problems with solutions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fundamentals
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The book includes not only material that is presented in traditional textbooks on quantum mechanics, but also discusses in detail current issues such as interaction-free quantum measurements, neutrino oscillations, various topics in the field of quantum information as well as fundamental problems and epistemological questions, such as the measurement problem, entanglement, Bell's inequality, decoherence, and the realism debate. A chapter on current interpretations of quantum mechanics concludes the book.
To develop quickly and clearly the main principles of quantum mechanics and its mathematical formulation, there is a systematic change between wave mechanics and algebraic representation in the first chapters. The required mathematical tools are introduced step by step. Moreover, the appendix collects compactly the most important mathematical tools that supplementary literature can be largely dispensed. In addition, the appendix contains advanced topics, such as Quantum- Zeno effect, time-delay experiments, Lenz vector and the Shor algorithm. About 250 exercises, most of them with solutions, help to deepen the understanding of the topics.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institut für Physik, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Jochen Pade
About the author
Jochen Pade studied physics in Freiburg (Germany), where he received his PhD in theoretical physics in 1978. Since 1980, he has been a lecturer at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (Germany). His research interests are: Theoretical physics, didactics and popularisation of science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 1: Fundamentals
Authors: Jochen Pade
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00798-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-00798-4Published: 08 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 452
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Original German edition Quantenmechanik zu Fuß 1 published by Springer-Verlag, 2012
Topics: Quantum Physics, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Mathematical Methods in Physics