Mathematics for Quantum Physics

Authors

Peter Bruin
Mathematical Institute, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1641-7818
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59490/tb.74
Keywords: Analysis, linear algebra, probability and statistics, quantum physics

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Mathematics for Quantum Physics provides a compact introduction to the most important mathematical tools used in quantum mechanics. The text is aimed at students who already possess basic knowledge of calculus and complex numbers. It is divided into three parts: analysis, linear algebra and probability. The focus is on examples and applications, and each section comes with a collection of exercises.

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Peter Bruin, Mathematical Institute, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Peter Bruin is a mathematician at Leiden University working on (computational) number theory, quantum algorithms and related topics. He has taught various mathematics courses to students in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

References

David J. Griffiths. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Prentice Hall, 1995. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2808172

Gilbert Strang. Calculus. Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2017. URL: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-18-001-calculus-online-textbook-spring-2005/pages/textbook/.

Larry Wasserman. All of Statistics. Springer, 2004. URL: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-21736-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21736-9

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October 9, 2023

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