Reference suggestions for a struggling chemist.

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Hello All,
Can anyone suggest some good references or books that can help me get used to working problems with the Dirac notation and the mathematics of Hilbert Space? I'm a new Ph.D. student in chemical physics, and I did my undergrad in Chem, with a math minor. I'm now taking graduate qm from the physics department and it's kicking my butt! I feel that once I get a handle on working with the Dirac notation and the math, the concepts will be more deeply understood. Right now I get the concepts, but problem solving is a struggle. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated...
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Damon
 
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Shankar's Principles of Quantum Mechanics (I believe it's in the 2nd edition, but the first will probably be more or less the same) has a good introductory chapter that covers the Dirac notation.
 

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