Quantum Mechanics Fundamentals

Course Information

The structure of the course is that the lectures are on Youtube for free, but the course here will focus on weekly homework problems.

Each week you'll get a pdf to summarise the video lesson and you will be assigned homework problems. You spend about 2 hours on those problems, if you can, during the week. Throughout the week you can ask questions via the forum for the course. I won't give away the answers but will try to help you get unstuck. Then there will be a 1 hour tutorial toward the end of the week which you can attend to see me talk through the solutions and address common questions from the forum. At the end of that you can stay on the call if you want for a bit longer and you can ask extra questions.

In the final 2 weeks you can choose to research a particular topic using your new quantum skills and present them as a video or a blog or in any way you'd like to share. During that time I'll be there for guidance with your project.

Tutorial times

Sunday 10am UK 🇬🇧 / 11am Europe 🇪🇺 / 3:30pm India 🇮🇳 https://www.inyourowntime.zone/2024-11-24_10.00_Europe.London

Sunday 6pm UK 🇬🇧 / 7pm Europe 🇪🇺 / 10am US PST 🇺🇲 / 1pm US EST 🇺🇲https://www.inyourowntime.zone/2024-11-24_18.00_Europe.London

Wednesday 4pm UK 🇬🇧 / 5pm Europe 🇪🇺 / 8am US PST 🇺🇲 / 11am US EST 🇺🇲 https://www.inyourowntime.zone/2024-11-21_16.00_Europe.London

The sessions on Sundays will be on the following dates: November 24nd / December 1st / December 8th/ December 15th

The sessions on Wednesdays will be on the following dates: November 27th / December 4th/ December 11th / December 18th

FAQs

Is this course meant for students? No. This course is for adults who aren't learning quantum mechanics formally. While physics students have access to teachers and can learn this stuff on their own, it's much harder when you haven't done math in a while and you have a job. The course is meant for people who've always wanted to understand quantum mechanics but would find it difficult or demotivating to do on your own.

Is there a math requirement? No. This course is meant for people who haven't necessarily done a lot of maths since school and doesn't assume much knowledge. That said, you will learn some maths as we go. To see how much math, watch the youtube videos and see if it's the right level for you. If you have math questions I'd be quite happy to help though, via the forums etc.

Will this course be certified? No, sorry. This course isn't meant to give you credentials. If you need quantum credentials then you'd be a lot better off taking a Coursera / Udemy etc course, as these follow more traditional curriculums. My course is specifically taught in a way that's accessible for people without the usual background, so it's quite unorthodox. 

Will recordings be available? Yes, I will record the tutorial sessions so you can watch them if you can't attend. I think it'll be useful to attend if you can, though, mostly as an accountability thing. 

Do I need to do the homework? No - life happens! Whether you forget, run out of time, or find the questions too challenging, there's no pass or fail here. The homework is there to help you learn, not to stress you out. 

What's the total time commitment a week? About 4 hours:

• 1 hour for lectures/reading
• Up to 2 hours for homework
• 1 hour for the tutorial.

If you spend 2 hours on homework and only complete one problem, that's perfectly fine! You can stop there or keep going - it's up to you.

Can I have extra problems? No one actually asked this. But if any one does ask in the forum I'd only be too happy to provide.