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Homework Assignments
All problems from the text: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd ed., by David J. Griffiths (Prentice Hall, 2005) unless otherwise specified. You are welcome to use Mathcad or Mathematica or similar software to solve as many problems as you wish. Some problems may not be solvable analytically.
| Assignment | Problems | Due |
| #1 | 1.3, 1.4, 1.10, 1.11 (Solutions) | W Aug 30 |
| #2 | 1.18, 2.4, 2.5, 2.10 (Solutions) | M Sep 11, W Sep 13 |
| #3 | 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.22, 29 (Solutions) | F Sep 22 |
| #4 | 2.19, 2.34, 2.54, 3.2, 3.7 (Solutions Mathematica solution to 2.54) | F Sep 29 |
| Midterm Exam #1 (in class, closed book.) Sample exams from previous years: 1, 2, 3. | M Oct 2 |
| #5 | Redo midterm exam | W Oct 4 |
| #6 | 3.25, include term in x4 (Solutions) | F Oct 6 |
| #7 | 3.27, 4.2, 4.9. Set up the Schrödinger equation for a particle confined by impenetrable walls to a cylinder of radius a and height h. Separate the variables. Solve as many of the equations as you can. (Solutions) | M Oct 16 |
| #8 | See assignment sheet (Solutions) | W Oct 25 |
| Midterm Exam #2 (take-home, open book) (solutions) | W Nov 1 |
| #9 | 4.38, 4.55 [for (g) and (h) find the probability of finding the particle in a suitable differential region]; 5.2. See Note on Angular Momentum (Solutions) | W Nov 8 |
| #10 | 5.5, 5.9, 5.16, 5.23 (Solutions) | M Nov 20 |
| #11 | See assignment sheet (Solutions) | W Dec 6 |
| Final Exam Part 1 (take-home, open book) | W Dec 13 8:00 |
| Final Exam Part 2 (in class, closed book, multiple choice.) | W Dec 13 8:00–9:50 a.m. |
Some integrals are best done using the gamma function.
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