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Dear Physics Forum friends,
I am a college undergraduate in US with double majors in the mathematics and computer science. I have been doing research in the theoretical computer science, and I recently got interested in the quantum cryptography. Since I cannot take any physics course until next Fall, I thought it would be a good idea to pick up a book or two on the quantum mechanics and read them as I delve more into the quantum cryptography, which I plan to do on December.
I am not looking for a serious book on the quantum mechanics (i.e. something like Rudin-PMA version) but I am looking for an introductory book that has a clear exposition. I searched the forum a bit, and I found that authors like Griffiths, Shankar, and Sakurai are frequently mentioned. However, I am not sure of their rigorousness or exposition. Could you recommend one or two introductory books? Also I see that there are books of quantum physics and quantum chemistry...Are they totally different from the quantum mechanics?
Background: I am currently taking Analysis I (Rudin-PMA), Linear Algebra with Proofs (Hoffman/Kunze & Friedberg), and Discrete Mathematics (Knuth). Unfortunately, I did not take any physics and differential-equations courses...I hope that lack of background is a serious problem for studying the quantum mechanics.
PK
I am a college undergraduate in US with double majors in the mathematics and computer science. I have been doing research in the theoretical computer science, and I recently got interested in the quantum cryptography. Since I cannot take any physics course until next Fall, I thought it would be a good idea to pick up a book or two on the quantum mechanics and read them as I delve more into the quantum cryptography, which I plan to do on December.
I am not looking for a serious book on the quantum mechanics (i.e. something like Rudin-PMA version) but I am looking for an introductory book that has a clear exposition. I searched the forum a bit, and I found that authors like Griffiths, Shankar, and Sakurai are frequently mentioned. However, I am not sure of their rigorousness or exposition. Could you recommend one or two introductory books? Also I see that there are books of quantum physics and quantum chemistry...Are they totally different from the quantum mechanics?
Background: I am currently taking Analysis I (Rudin-PMA), Linear Algebra with Proofs (Hoffman/Kunze & Friedberg), and Discrete Mathematics (Knuth). Unfortunately, I did not take any physics and differential-equations courses...I hope that lack of background is a serious problem for studying the quantum mechanics.
PK