Lecture 7: Expectation Values The material in this lecture covers the following in Atkins The informtion of a wavefunction (d) superpositions and expectation values Lecture on-line Expectation Values (PDF) Expectation value (PowerPoint) handouts Assigned problems for lecture 7

Tutorials on-line Reminder of the postulates of quantum mechanics The postulates of quantum mechanics (This is the writeup for Dry-lab-II)( This lecture has covered postulate 5) Basic concepts of importance for the understanding of the postulates Observables are Operators - Postulates of Quantum Mechanics Expectation Values - More Postulates Forming Operators Hermitian Operators Dirac Notation Use of Matricies Basic math background Differential Equations Operator Algebra Eigenvalue Equations Extensive account of Operators Historic development of quantum mechanics from classical mechanics The Development of Classical Mechanics Experimental Background for Quantum mecahnics Early Development of Quantum mechanics

Audio-visuals on-line Postulates of Quantum mechanics (PDF) (simplified version from Wilson) Postulates of Quantum mechanics (HTML) (simplified version from Wilson) Postulates of quantum mechanics (PowerPoint ****)(simplified version from Wilson) Slides from the text book (From the CD included in Atkins,**)