Lectures

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Mathematical preliminaries

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Lecture 1 -- Introduction and Origins of atoms and molecules

Lecture 2 -- Physical principles underlying chemistry

Lecture 3 -- Analysis of key experiments revealing the structure of the atoms; Stoichiometry

Lecture 4 -- The classical world view, its failure, and the emergence of the quantum view

Lecture 5 -- Electron diffraction, many paths, and the postulates of quantum mechanics

Lecture 6 -- Energy levels and probabilities: The Schroedinger equation and the PIB model.

Lecture 7 -- Particle in a two- and three-dimensional box and several particles in a box.

Lecture 8 -- The quantum hydrogen atom.

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