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Matiasss
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Hi
i am studying for an exam (after failing the first one) on Quantum mechanics that is in one month from now. I use the lecture notes from the teacher. It includes the following topics and 25 exercises per chapter:
Formalism of classical physics
state vectors and operators
position and momentum observables
quantum dynamics
harmonic osc
angular momentum
central potential
density operator
time independent perturbation theory
My problem is that i try to solve the problems and almost always without success. It tooks to me a lot of time also to understand the solution. It feels de-motivating to me because i want to solve and review all the problems in the lecture notes but in the other hand it takes me a lot of time to solve them. Also the feeling that i am not solving the exercises by myself is bad.
Sometimes the maths blocks me but is not the biggest issue. I must say this course is very mathematical.
I am doing an Msc in Electrical Engineering (semiconductor devices) and my Bsc is also in EE but without modern physics background.
I am researching experimentally semiconductor detectors and i must complete the theory background (Yes, i know is strange to start experiments w/o theory).
any suggestions how to push forward ? may i just read and understand the solutions and continue with next excersies? my problem is that i stuck my self in the first or second problem in the chapter and start thinking that physics is not for me :(thanks
i am studying for an exam (after failing the first one) on Quantum mechanics that is in one month from now. I use the lecture notes from the teacher. It includes the following topics and 25 exercises per chapter:
Formalism of classical physics
state vectors and operators
position and momentum observables
quantum dynamics
harmonic osc
angular momentum
central potential
density operator
time independent perturbation theory
My problem is that i try to solve the problems and almost always without success. It tooks to me a lot of time also to understand the solution. It feels de-motivating to me because i want to solve and review all the problems in the lecture notes but in the other hand it takes me a lot of time to solve them. Also the feeling that i am not solving the exercises by myself is bad.
Sometimes the maths blocks me but is not the biggest issue. I must say this course is very mathematical.
I am doing an Msc in Electrical Engineering (semiconductor devices) and my Bsc is also in EE but without modern physics background.
I am researching experimentally semiconductor detectors and i must complete the theory background (Yes, i know is strange to start experiments w/o theory).
any suggestions how to push forward ? may i just read and understand the solutions and continue with next excersies? my problem is that i stuck my self in the first or second problem in the chapter and start thinking that physics is not for me :(thanks