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Jordan, Thomas Fredrick was born on June 4, 1936 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Thomas Vincent and Mildred (Nystrom) Jordan.
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This compact treatment highlights the logic and simplicity of the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it treats the language of quantum mechanics as expressed in the mathematics of linear operators. Originally oriented toward atomic physics, quantum mechanics became a basic language for solid-state, nuclear, and particle physics. Its grammar consists of the mathematics of linear operators, and with this text, students will find it easier to understand and use the language of physics. Topics include linear spaces and linear functionals; linear operators; diagonalizing operators; operator algebras; states; equations of motion; and representation of space-time transformations. The text concludes with exercises and applications.
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( This elementary text introduces basic quantum mechanics...)
This elementary text introduces basic quantum mechanics to undergraduates with no background in mathematics beyond algebra. Containing more than 100 problems, it provides an easy way to learn part of the quantum language and apply it to problems. Emphasizing the matrices representing physical quantities, it describes states simply by mean values of physical quantities or by probabilities for possible values. This approach requires using the algebra of matrices and complex numbers together with probabilities and mean values, a technique introduced at the outset and used repeatedly. Students discover the essential simplicity of quantum mechanics by focusing on basics and working only with key elements of the mathematical structure--an original point of view that offers a refreshing alternative for students new to quantum mechanics.
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Jordan, Thomas Fredrick was born on June 4, 1936 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Thomas Vincent and Mildred (Nystrom) Jordan.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1962.
Research associate University Rochester, 1961-1962, instructor, 1962-1963. National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow University Bern, Switzerland, 1963-1964. Assistant professor University Pittsburgh, 1964-1967, associate professor, 1967-1970.
Professor University Minnesota, Duluth, since 1970. Visiting professor, workshop participant University Wisconsin, 1965, Aspen (Colorado) Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1966, Summer Institute for Theoretical Physics, University Colorado, 1967, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1968, University Rochester, 1976-1977, Syracuse University, National Institute for Nuclear Research, Firenze, Italy, University Geneva., University Paris 1982, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, workshop on early universe, Erice, Italy, Geneva, University Bern, 1986, University California at Santa Barbara, 1988, University Texas, 1990, 94, 2003, 04, 05.
( This elementary text introduces basic quantum mechanics...)
( This compact treatment highlights the logic and simplic...)
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