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Principle of Stationary Action & Euler-Lagrange Equations

Leonard Susskind · 1:49:46

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Legendre Transforms, Hamilton's Equations & Liouville's Theorem

Leonard Susskind · 1:48:02

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Introduction to Quantum Superposition

Allan Adams · 1:16:06

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Experimental Facts of Life — Photoelectric Effect, Double Slit & Bell

Allan Adams · 1:20:12

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States, Logic & Complex Vector Spaces

Leonard Susskind · 1:35:35

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Linear Operators, Eigenfunctions & The Schrödinger Equation

Allan Adams · 1:23:14

Linear Operators, Eigenfunctions & The Schrödinger Equation

Allan AdamsDistinguishedMIT

Associate Professor of Physics

1:23:14·2014·undergraduate level
Path step 6: Unifies linear operators and eigenfunctions into unitary time evolution.

Connects observable measurements to eigenvalues of Hermitian operators and derives the energy operator Ĥ = p̂²/2m + V(x).

PhysicsQuantum MechanicsLinear AlgebraSchrödinger EquationHermitian Operators

MIT 8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2013

In this lecture, Prof. Zwiebach gives a mathematical preliminary on operators. He then introduces postulates of quantum mechanics concerning observables and measurement. The last part of the lecture is devoted to the origins of the Schrödinger equation.

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Allan AdamsDistinguished

MIT Physics Faculty & Buechner Teaching Prize Recipient

Theoretical physicist and celebrated educator whose MIT 8.04 Quantum Physics I lectures are a benchmark in physics pedagogy.

1 course · 22 lecturesCanon
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