This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5610, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
This course is part of the Quantum Mechanics for Engineers Specialization

About this Course
Undergraduate-level calculus, differential equations and linear algebra
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Understand the quantum mechanical meaning of wave-particle duality
Calculate probabilities and expectation values for physical observables
Use both Schrödinger and Heisenberg picture to solve for time evolution of quantum states
Describe fermions and bosons using multiparticle basis functions.
Skills you will gain
- Differential Equations
- Quantum Measurement
- Linear Algebra
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Wave-particle Duality and Schrödinger Equation
One-dimensional Potential Problems
Operators and Measurements 1
Operators and Measurements 2
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