PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum – Scott Aaronson

Re:PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum – Scott Aaronson by bleepthrowaway on Sunday August 20, 2023 @07:08PM (#37203809)

Griffiths absolutely uses dirac notation.

Weinberg’s excellent (but not widely used!) quantum mechanics textbook does not, and being proficient in Weinberg’s text would not hinder anyone.

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Re:PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum – Scott Aaronson by whimsicalism on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:10PM (#37204153)

I think it just focuses heavily on wave mechanics and gets to dirac rather late

i like townsend because it’s like baby sakurai

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Re:PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum – Scott Aaronson by bleepthrowaway on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:37PM (#37204297)

Chapter 3 is Dirac formalism and its used for the remaining 9 chapters.

edit: I also like Sakurai, but I actually kind of like Weinberg’s non-dirac textbook better (I’ve only read the third edition)

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Re:PHYS771 Lecture 9: Quantum – Scott Aaronson by 3abiton on Monday August 21, 2023 @12:09AM (#37205358)

So in terms of accessibility, Weinberg < Griffiths < Sakurai?

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