Introduction to Quantum Theory Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	The Need for a Non-Classical Description of Microscopic Phenomena	3
Ch. 2	Classical Concepts and Quantal Inequivalences	27
Ch. 3	Introducing Quantum Mechanics: A Comparison of the Classical Stretched String and the Quantal Box	46
Ch. 4	Mathematical Background	84
Ch. 5	The Postulates of Quantum Mechanics	129
Ch. 6	Applications of the Postulates: Bound States in One Dimension	174
Ch. 7	Applications of the Postulates: Continuum States in One Dimension	230
Ch. 8	Quantal/Classical Connections	281
Ch. 9	Commuting Operators, Quantum Numbers, Symmetry Properties	307
Ch. 10	Orbital Angular Momentum	365
Ch. 11	Two-Particle Systems, Potential-Well Bound-State Problems	396
Ch. 12	Electromagnetic Fields	451
Ch. 13	Intrinsic Spin, Two-State Systems	487
Ch. 14	Generalized Angular Momentum and the Coupling of Angular Momenta	517
Ch. 15	Three-Dimensional Continuum States/Scattering	555
Ch. 16	Time-Dependent Approximation Methods	599
Ch. 17	Time-Independent Approximation Methods	644
Ch. 18	Many Degrees of Freedom: Atoms and Molecules	689
App. A	Elements of Probability Theory	756
App. B	Fourier Series and Integrals	763
App. C	Solution of Legendre's Equation	771
App. D	Fundamental and Derived Quantities: Conversion Factors	775
	References	776
	Index	783