Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications by Nouredine Zettili (PDF)

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This richly illustrated textbook provides a clear, balanced and modern approach to quantum mechanics. It combines the essential elements of the theory with the practical applications. Containing many examples and problems with step-by-step solutions, this cleverly structured text assists the reader in mastering the machinery of quantum mechanics.* A comprehensive introduction to the subject* Includes over 65 solved examples integrated throughout the text* Includes over 154 fully solved multipart problems* Offers an indepth treatment of the practical mathematical tools of quantum mechanics* Accessible to teachers as well as students

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⭐”Not being able to make calculations, you miss the whole power of the theory” (freely quoted) is the statement in the foreword of this book. And this is the concept of it. You won’t find long texts about the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics and maybe you will also miss the elegant, but difficult, concepts presented in the books of for instance Lifshitz/Landau. But you will finda) A systematic scheme. You will learn about the origins, about the Mathematical Framework and then you go deeper and deeper in the Concepts of nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics, including time-dependent perturbation theory and scattering theory. Zettili explains all in a very clear way.b) Problems. A lot of problems. Those problems are the best thing in the book. They challenge you mind and they are good for a deep understanding of the subject. For around 1/5 of the problems (10-15 per chapter) there are also very good and clear solutions, something that is missing in most of the books I have seen so far.I absolutely recommend this book to every beginning student in Quantum Mechanics, but also higher level student will benefit – you will find that you have often misses key points in the concept of QM and you will learn a lot of ways to tackle problems.But I should also point out some disadvantages that you should be aware of1.: It is a problem-solving book, I know. Nevertheless, a short introduction in the difficulties of interpretation should be in a QM textbook – just to make it clear, that there are conceptual problems in understanding.2.: Most important: The mistakes. Maybe it is simply because this time I was really able to understand what the book is telling me – but somehow I have the impression, that there are more mistakes than usual. Not really much – but somehow, If you absolutely don’t understand what the author is talking about, maybe the problem is the book, not you.3.: Though in most of the cases the book is very clear, the chapter “Rotations and Addition of Quantum Mechanics” is difficult to read. It is a very technical chapter, yes, but nevertheless I think the author should have put really an effort in this to make it clearer4.: The chapters of Many-Particles-Theory and Scattering Theory are quite short5.: Not really a disadvantage, because it is outside the intended range of the books – but I really hope, the author will make also a book about relativistic QM.It now may look like there are a lot of disadvantages – but don’t fear it. In general, you won’t notice them and it shouldn’t stop you from buying the book – actually it is more like recommendation for the author.

⭐Well, I’m currently in the middle of chapter 5, and I have to say its not my favorite book.1) Mathematical theorems and ideas are presented in a horrible way. Dispersed throughout the book and lacking motivation. Also, proofs for all these theorems are missing, and incomplete.2) The book uses terms that it straight up pulls from its @ss, or never defined in the first place. For example, he uses the notion of a “logarithmic derivative,” but never mentions what is it, or where it comes from. I had to look it up in another book, and even there it was iffy.3) Isn’t really clear in the explanations. Little physical intuition.4) Just a laundry list of problems you probably aren’t even going to look at if you’re taking a class that assigns problem sets (though I see how they could be useful, I want to say that they seem like routine problems that are plug and chug. There aren’t even solutions available to check your answers, and some of these problems are pretty difficult).Overall, I dont really like this book. Unfortunately, I cant recommend any better alternatives. I like the fact that this book starts with the postulates though, and another book that does this is Shankar, and they follow a similar order of topics for a while. Its just that this will require ALOT of supplementation.Check out MIT’s ocw for quantum. This book mixes parts of their first and semester courses.

⭐Nouredine Zettili has written a wonderful book on a very difficult subject. He captures your attention and imagination in the first chapter and keeps you engaged throughout this marvelous writing experience. Let’s face it: this is a HARD subject to learn and there is no easy way around the rigor involved to actually grasp and apply the subject matter. He patiently takes the reader through topic after topic and explains the thought process very diligently. I felt as if I had been wandering in a morass of mediocrity with all the good books written about this subject until I came across Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications. Whatever path one takes in science this is a MUST read book. It is worth the effort. If only more scientific books were written as this one….. I definitely recommend this to anyone who is either a student of this matter, an amateur who wants to expand their neuronal function or the casual reader who just wants to learn something special.

⭐This book starts with the historical development of quantum mechanics and discusses the wave-particle duality exhaustively.Then the mathematical foundations which are necessary for the development of quantum mechanics are introduced.There then follow the postulates which are based on experiments and without which the further development of the theory would not be possible. Applications are then made to one and three dimensional problems,the quantum mechanics of angular momentum, properties of identical particles, approximation methods in quantum mechanics (perturbation theory) and scattering theory. The book concludes with an appendix on the Dirac delta function which is found useful in physics, the special case of angular momentum in spherical coordinates and the C++ code for the numerial solution of the Schroedinger equation. At the end of every chapter there are a selection of worked problems which greatly enhance the understanding of the subjectI really like the book and strongly recomment it to beginning undergraduates as well as advanced students who want get a grasp of the subject very well.

⭐Pros:1) Many examples: The author goes through trivial examples first and then he gradually increases the difficulty.2) Many problems: You will find many interesting and non-trivial problems here.3) Some explanations are as clear as it gets. Also, some of them are more intuitive than any other explanation you might find in other books.4) Tries to blend the structure of a traditional textbook with the structure of a problems book. This is done in a very successful way, although you can find better traditional textbooks on Quantum Mechanics that go into more detail on some of the material by offering more extensive intuitive explanations. But this is expected because those books are focused on only one approach.Cons:1) Some explanations are not so clear (although there are only very few of them) and some lack intuition (again, very few).2) The aforementioned blending of two approaches means that a student will have an all-round better understanding of Quantum Mechanics but the reader will miss out of some details that could really deepen one’s understanding. As I said, this is expected because a book cannot fully cover both approaches.3) Although there is a huge selection of problems (and many are great), there are no answers on the back of the book. So, a reader who feels uncertain about his/her understanding of the material covered in a particular section, might not even know if he/she is doing something wrong in the exercises. That being said, there are many exercises that are proofs of something, so the above discussion is not applicable to these types of exercises.In conclusion, even though I mentioned three negative points of the book, they are still not enough to overshadow the effect that the pros have. A great book.

⭐This book is great for beginners and those looking to do advanced quantum mechanics for later years at university. It has tonnes of solved problems which I personally need in order to understand how to use the maths and physics to solve problems. I had the David Griffiths one before this because I had heard it was a very popular book, the problem I had, which ultimately led me to send that book back was the lack of solved problems. So even though I had a decent intuitive understanding from the book, I could not understand how to translate that into my home works.

⭐1. It’s like a friendly conversation as you read it.2. No errors! No typos! (So far I haven’t found one)3. Thicker paper and good ink.4. Hundreds of problems in each chapter.5. It beats Shankar, Ghatak, Sakurai, Griffiths in the presentation. Try the same section in all these and then try it in Zettili, you’ll discover Zettili is always somehow better. (I don’t mean Shakar and others are bad, I mean, Zettili is better)6. It is in Latex!7. Extensive Index.8. Awesome graphs.9. Remarks at the end of sections give you an out-of-the-box perspective.It seems like the book has evolved through lots and weaning and addition. Somehow it is perfect.

⭐I am now a third year Physics student, but when I bought this book I was in my second year. I think it is a very good support for Quantum Mechanics lecture notes which, at least in my case, were lacking of words and had many equations. This book actually does a lot of explaining and it help me greatly. I am positive that it will cover the contents of my Quantum Mechanics 2 course as well this year. Recommended!

⭐A very clear and well structured book. Ideal for those who start Quantum Mechanics studies, not because it has plenty of solved exercises (which is, of course, very helpful) but because of the clarity in presenting the QM ideas, its formalism and the mathematics associated with its different representions.

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