Quantum Mechanics: Fitzpatrick's Online Grad Course vs. Feynman & Sakurai

[Domnu]

Just out of curiosity, how hard is Fitzpatrick's online Graduate version of quantum mechanics compared to the Feynman lectures and Sakurai's book?

 

[will.c]

I've never heard of Fitzpatrick's course, but the gap between the Feynman lectures and Sakurai is very very significant.

 

[Domnu]

The site for Fitzpatrick's book is here: http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/qm/lectures/index.html . Of Feynman's lectures and Sakurai, which are more difficult? (Feynman, I imagine...)

 

[maverick_starstrider]

Sakurai by a landslide I'd imagine. Feynman's lectures were intended to instill a love of physics to a group of first year university students. They're not like actual advanced lectures.

 

[will.c]

Yep. Feynman's lectures are good for introducing quantum mechanics, but it's presented for first-year undergrads. Sakurai is an advanced graduate text, and a difficult one at that. Fitzpatrick's is definitely closer to Sakurai.