Topic outline

  • General

    Welcome to study quantum mechanics!


    Apart from the first lecture, all lectures and exercise sessions are organized as contact teaching. However, all lectures are possible to follow via a live stream on Zoom, and lecture recordings will be available afterwards under the Materials section. Scroll down for the link to the Zoom meeting.

    Lecture notes are available under Materials.

    We aim to provide the exercise sets for each week on Monday under the Assignments section. We use Zulip to discuss exercises, see here.


    Exam and grading

    The exam consists of 5 questions, each worth 6 points, for a total of 30 points. By completing exercises, you can earn up to 6 bonus points toward the exam, and you also get 0.5 points for completing the course feedback. The final grade will then be determined by \( \max(30, p_{\text{exam}} + p_{\text{exercises}} + p_{\text{feedback}}) \), where \( p_{\text{exam}} \) is the exam points, \( p_{\text{exercises}} \)  the exercise points and \( p_{\text{feedback}} \) the bonus from feedback.

    The precise point limits for grades will be determined when we know the final distribution of exercise results, but 30 points will be a grade of 5 for sure.

    The bonus points you earn from exercises and feedback will count towards the first exam you take. So if you are unable to attend the exam at the end of period II, you can go to the exam in period III and still get the bonus points from exercises. However, if you take the exam now and then try again in period III, you will only get points for the exam.

    Credit: Heikka Valja. Made for QCD group.

    Figure credit: Heikka Valja.