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Schrödinger's Cormorant
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  • Contents
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: Special Relativity 1
  • Chapter 2 Appendix
  • 3: Special Relativity 2
  • 4: Waves
    • Q4A 1
    • A4A 1
    • Q 4A 2
    • A 4A 2
    • Q 4A 3
    • A 4A 3
    • Q 4A 4
    • A 4A 4
    • Q 4A 5
    • A 4A 5
  • 5: Matter Waves
  • 6: Schrödinger Equation
Schrödinger's Cormorant
  • Home
  • Contents
  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: Special Relativity 1
  • Chapter 2 Appendix
  • 3: Special Relativity 2
  • 4: Waves
    • Q4A 1
    • A4A 1
    • Q 4A 2
    • A 4A 2
    • Q 4A 3
    • A 4A 3
    • Q 4A 4
    • A 4A 4
    • Q 4A 5
    • A 4A 5
  • 5: Matter Waves
  • 6: Schrödinger Equation
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    • Home
    • Contents
    • 1: Introduction
    • 2: Special Relativity 1
    • Chapter 2 Appendix
    • 3: Special Relativity 2
    • 4: Waves
      • Q4A 1
      • A4A 1
      • Q 4A 2
      • A 4A 2
      • Q 4A 3
      • A 4A 3
      • Q 4A 4
      • A 4A 4
      • Q 4A 5
      • A 4A 5
    • 5: Matter Waves
    • 6: Schrödinger Equation

1: Introduction

  • The weirdness of quantisation. Wave-particle duality and  a connection to standing waves

2: Special Relativity 1

  • Constancy of light speed in any frame of reference. How this leads to special relativity:  time dilation and length contraction

2: Appendix

  • Lorentz Transformations and Velocity Transformations. Speed of light as a speed limit. The twin paradox.

3: Special Relativity 2

  • Momentum and kinetic energy in special relativity. The energy-mass and energy-momentum relations and the momentum of a photon

4: Waves

  • The mathematics of waves. The wave equation. Superposition and standing waves. 

5: Matter Waves

  • The de Broglie equation. Wavepackets and particles. The uncertainty principle. Why atoms don't collapse. 

6: The Schrödinger Equation

  • Construction of the Schrödinger equation. Solutions for the particle in a box and exploration of what we learn from them.

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Schrödinger's Cormorant is intended to be a gently mathematical introduction to Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. 

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