CHEM 475 A: Honors Quantum Mechanics of Atoms and Molecules

Origins and basic postulates of quantum mechanics, solutions to single-particle problems, angular momentum and hydrogenic wave functions, matrix methods, perturbation theory, variational methods. Covers quantum mechanics at greater depth than CHEM 455. No more than 3 credits from the following may count toward graduation requirements: CHEM 453, CHEM 455, CHEM 475. Prerequisite: either CHEM 153, CHEM 162, or CHEM 165; MATH 126 or MATH 136; and PHYS 116 or PHYS 123. Offered: A.