Prerequisites: MATH 046; one of the following: PHYS 002C with a B- or better, PHYS 040E with a C- or better, PHYS 041C with a C- or better; or consent of instructor
Description: MATH 031 is recommended. An introduction to numerics and visualization using Mathematica. Topics include random numbers and stochastic processes; time-dependent and stationary equations in matrix form; single-particle tight- binding model; single-spin dynamics; pure and mixed states; spin echo; the direct product of matrices; many-body quantum mechanics; and quantum spin chains.