Solved Problems in Quantum and Statistical Mechanics

This textbook is the result of many years of teaching quantum and statistical mechanics, drawing on exercises and exam papers used on courses taught by the authors. The subjects of the exercises have been carefully selected to cover all the material which is most needed by students.

Each exercise is carefully solved in full details, explaining the theory behind the solution with particular care for those issues that students often find difficult, or which are often neglected in other books on the subject. The exercises in this book never require extensive calculations but tend to be somewhat unusual and force the solver to think about the problem starting from first principles, rather than by analogy with some previously solved exercise.

Carefully written solutions, provide best way to master the subject faster Theory issues are explained before providing the solution to the exercise Great number of exercises on different subject cover effectively the subject Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Michele Cini is full professor of solid state theory at the Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Francesco Fucito is INFN Research Director at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Mauro Sbragaglia is Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Models and Methods in the Department of Physics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.

Texte du rabat

This work arises from our teaching this subject during many years. The vast majority of these exercises are the exams we gave to our students in this period. We carefully selected the subjects of the exercises to cover all the material which is most needed and which is treated in the most well known texts on these subjects. Each exercise is carefully solved in full details, explaining the theory behind the solution with particular care for those issues that, from our experience, are found most difficult from the average student. Indeed, several exercises are designed to throw light on aspects of the theory that, for one reason or another, are usually neglected with the result to make the students feel uneasy about them. In fact most students get acquainted just with the more common manipulations, which are illustrated by many examples in textbooks. Our exercises never require extensive calculations but tend to be somewhat unusual and force the solver to think about the problem starting from the principles, rather than by analogy with some previously solved exercise.

Contenu

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.- Problems on Quantum Mechanics.- Problems on Statistical Mechanics.