Extra topic 1 (week 2): The 5 postulates of quantum physics, and the central role for the eigenvalue equation for operators
Use the lecture slides of the 1st lecture of week 2 to study this topic, available
via this link on the course web site.
Extra topic 2 (week 2): Double slit quantum interference
Extra handout from the Feynman Lectures Vol. III, chapter 1 [ pdf link].
A copy can be also picked up in the hall next to room 140 in building 13. It is a very readable chapter that nicely discusses all the main concepts of quantum mechanics, illustrated by discussing in detail the double-slit experiment for bullets, waves and electrons.
The ideas from this handout are also nicely summerized in this youtube movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc,
and it is also the topic of the lecture slides of the 2nd lecture of week 2.
Extra topic 3 (week 7): More detailed treatment of identical particles and exchange
Handout about identical particles and exchange degeneracy (by your lecturer Caspar van der Wal)
[ pdf link].
Some notes that match the lecture, aimed at better introducing the results of section 5.1 in the Griffiths book.
As an introduction to the derivation, it sets up a matrix notation for two-level systems.
Appendices from the Cohen-Tannoudji Book.
If you later in your life want or need to study quantum mechanics more thoroughly, or if you are now frustrated by some slightly superficial or hand-waving treatment in the Griffiths book or Liboff book, this is a VERY GOOD BOOK for further studies.
I almost always found that this books presents it complete and exactly correct (and thus sometimes in fact easier to follow).
At this link I only provide the Appendices, which provide for our course a better basis for
1) Definition and role of Fourier transform
2) Definition and role of Dirac delta function
3) Role of Hamiltonian and Lagrangian in classical mechanics, which can be used for a generalization of Newton’s classical equations of motion.
[ pdf link].
A handout about a systematic approach for solving your homework and exam problems [ pdf link].