Topics include: Schrödinger wave equation; linear operators and Eigenvalue problems; bound states; collision theory; matrix formulation of quantum mechanics; approximate methods for bound states and scattering; perturbation theory with applications to atoms, molecules and nuclei; Dirac theory and the relativistic wave equation; symmetry and groups in quantum mechanics. PREREQ: PHYS 3416 or equiv., & PHYS 3466. (lec 3) cr 3
