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1. five Unitary evolution of quantum platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstationary Schr¨odinger equation. circulation. Continuity equation. Conservation legislation & symmetries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . power × time uncertainty. (Non)exponential decay . . . . . . . Hamiltonians counting on time. Dyson sequence . . . . . . . . . . Schr¨odinger, Heisenberg & Dirac description . . . . . . . . . . . eco-friendly operator. Single-particle propagator . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. five Examples of quantum evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Two-level approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . unfastened particle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coherent states in harmonic oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spin in rotating magnetic box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 6 Quantum size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kingdom vector aid & outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EPR state of affairs. Interpretation difficulties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 6 Implications & purposes of quantum dimension . . Paradoxes of quantum dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . functions of quantum size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden variables. Bell inequalities. Nonlocality . . . . . . . . . 1. 7 Quantum statistical physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . natural and combined states. Density operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entropy. Canonical ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wigner distribution functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Density operator for open platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evolution of density operator: closed & open structures . . . . . . 2. 7 Examples of statistical description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harmonic oscillator at nonzero temperature . . . . . . . . . . . Coherent superposition vs. statistical mix . . . . . . . . . . Density operator and decoherence for a two-state approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . three. QUANTUM-CLASSICAL CORRESPONDENCE three. 1 Classical restrict of quantum mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The restrict → zero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ehrenfest theorem. position of decoherence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fifty six fifty seven fifty eight sixty one sixty two sixty four sixty five sixty five sixty seven sixty eight seventy one seventy three seventy four seventy six seventy six seventy seven seventy nine eighty one eighty three eighty three eighty five 89 89 ninety one ninety two ninety four ninety five ninety six ninety eight ninety nine a hundred and one 104 104 one zero five 106 108 . 108 . 108 . 109 iii three. 2 WKB approximation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classical Hamilton-Jacobi concept . . . . . . . WKB equations & interpretation . . . . . . . Quasiclassical approximation . . . . . . . . . . three. three Feynman crucial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . formula of quantum mechanics by way of software to the Aharonov-Bohm impression . . . software to the density of states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . trajectories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . four. ANGULAR MOMENTUM four. 1 common beneficial properties of angular momentum . . . . . . Eigenvalues and ladder operators . . . . . . . . . . . . Addition of 2 angular momenta . . . . . . . . . . . . Addition of 3 angular momenta . . . . . . . . . . . four. 2 Irreducible tensor operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . Euler angles. Wigner services. Rotation staff irreps . round tensors. Wigner-Eckart theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . five. APPROXIMATION suggestions five. 1 Variational process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamical & desk bound variational precept. Ritz strategy five. 2 desk bound perturbation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . common setup & equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondegenerate case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Degenerate case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . software in atomic physics .