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Part 1: Basic Concepts

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Lecture 1: An overview of quantum mechanics.
 
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Lecture 2: Overview of quantum mechanics (cont.). Interaction-free measurements.
 
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Lecture 3: Photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, and de Broglie wavelength.
 
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Lecture 4: de Broglie matter waves. Group velocity and stationary phase. Wave for a free particle.
 
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Lecture 5: Momentum operator, Schrödinger equation, and interpretation of the wavefunction.
 
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Lecture 6: Probability density and current. Hermitian conjugation.
 
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Lecture 7: Wavepackets and uncertainty. Time evolution and shape change time evolutions.
 
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Lecture 8: Uncovering momentum space. Expectation values and their time dependence.
 
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Lecture 9: Observables, Hermitian operators, measurement and uncertainty. Particle on a circle.
 
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