MATLAB codes for teaching quantum physics: Part 1

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dc.creatorGarcia, Rafael
dc.creatorZozulya, Alex
dc.creatorStickney, James
dc.date2007-04-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:56:21Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:56:21Z
dc.descriptionAmong the ideas to be conveyed to students in an introductory quantum course, we have the pivotal idea championed by Dirac that functions correspond to column vectors (kets) and that differential operators correspond to matrices (ket-bras) acting on those vectors. The MATLAB (matrix-laboratory) programming environment is especially useful in conveying these concepts to students because it is geared towards the type of matrix manipulations useful in solving introductory quantum physics problems. In this article, we share MATLAB codes which have been developed at WPI, focusing on 1D problems, to be used in conjunction with Griffiths' introductory text.
dc.description4 fig, 7 pages total, with MATLAB program codes
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1622
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1622
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/127280
dc.subjectPhysics Education
dc.subjectComputational Physics
dc.titleMATLAB codes for teaching quantum physics: Part 1
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