Schaum's Outline of Quantum Mechanics, Second Edition: Second Edition

Covers a very broad range of QM and well explained for an outline book

This edition cleans up alot of the typos in the previous version and also cleans up the format as well. As such, it makes a previously useful but carelessely edited book very wortwhile. Importantly, this book should be used as an adjunct to a major textbook (I used Shankar, for example), and not as the primary learning tool itself. However, if used in this fashion, it can provide some very concise and useful review. The problems are very useful and in fact logically help build up the theoretical foundation of the subject. For the price, I certainly think this second edition is worth it.

This outline series is generally excellent, and Quantum Mechanics is no exception. Co-authored by Hecht, one of the great physics authors of our time, this book provides a efficient overview of all the fundamentals of QM. One should, by no means, take this material as a substitute for a lecture, or textbook, but rather truly a supplement to the course being taken at the time. Many of the solved problems were found to parallel the homework problems given by the professor, which can be useful in a course where professors often fail to give first order examples which can be very useful to a student. I also found that the solved problems involving derivations were particularly helpful to gain an understanding of the material. I used this book for two semesters of quantum, and will likely refer back to it for useful formulas. Helped me get my A in an otherwise difficult two semesters of Quantum! =]

Use this book with caution. I have little knowledge of Quantum Mechanics and I'm not using any other textbook in conjunction with Schaum's. The solutions are good and are worked out well. But I have to work backwards to figure out the solutions with Internet searches. However, as a self-study student, this methodology is a good way to learn the material. It's a slow method, but QM is very complex and boring. Anything to make it interesting is a plus!

This is the missing link for understanding introductory Quantum Mechanics problems. Multiple examples of the schrodinger equation are explored in various potential wells / tunneling examples. Even and Odd equations are not covered thoroughly. The hamiltonian operator is explained along with an overview of commonly used mathematical operations. This book carries through to higher level classes like quantum field theory and scatter theory .

The book is detailed and the answers appear to be correct, but there are lots of typos in the text and in the formulae. This volume was not carefully proofread.

Excellent problems and solutions. Very well and clearly written. Just what students in advanced undergraduate and introductory graduate level courses on quantum mechanics need. Thanks Israel.

The Schaum's Outlines of Quantum Mechanics has many excellent solved examples and pertinent theory. I appreciate all those examples of quantum mechanics. The basic equation of quantum mechanics is the Schrodinger equation which is presented but Not Derived in this book. This equation did not fall from the sky onto Schrodinger's lap, rather it had to be derived. Without the derivation of the equation, there is less understanding of it, and no insight into some eigen functions. The derivation is presented in other books but not everybody has those other books, and so this book is thus not stand-alone. I happen to have other books and I have a complete derivation of the Schrodinger equation in my notebook (email: [email protected])

OK Il y a quelques erreurs typographiques dans ce livre comme c'est souvent la cas dans la série Schaum mais: le livre de Cohen Tanoudji and co est un classique de MQ qui peut être très efficacement complété par Schaum QM car on y trouve certains éléments de calcul non détaillés chez Tanoudji . Les exercices proposés par Schaum sont assez gradués et permettent de bien comprendre les calculs de base sur les bra ket . Schaum contient les rappels essentiels du cours certaines démonstration étant données dans les exercices. En résumé je suis assez satisfait de la collaboration de ces deux livres.

Best QM book I have come across

Difficile e avveniristica opera con necessità di profondo retaggio infinitesimale e matriciale

Excelente livre pode comprar que você não vai se arrepender.

Los que acabamos la ingeniería hace tiempo por lo general este esta es una laguna que nos ha quedado en la física. La serie Schaum como siempre es muy asequible tanto económicamente como pedagogicamente.