Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: The Compton effect
  2: Derivation: the Compton effect equation
  3: Sample Problem: the Compton effect
  4: Matter waves
  5: Sample problem: wavelength of an electron
  6: Observing matter waves
  7: Interactive checkpoint: buckyball interference
  8: Matter waves are probabilistic
  9: Quantum wavefunctions
10: Interactive exercise: observing the probabilities of a particle
11: Heisenberg uncertainty principle
12: Sample problem: Heisenberg uncertainty principle
13: Legitimate probability density functions
14: The Schrödinger equation
15: Derivation: a particle in a box
16: Sample Problem: a particle in a box
17: Gotchas
18: Summary

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