Supersymmetric world from a conservative viewpoint
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
String Theory Course
Several students from the Boston area have asked me whether there is a string theory course at Harvard this fall. Yes, there is - and this time it is taught by Joe Minahan. I'll try Quantum Mechanics II.
Looked at your QM II class web page. You used a phrase "aidiabatic approximation". Was that a Czech word since searching Yahoo with "aidiabatic" turns up 6 occurances, with 3 associated with this particular Harvard course description. Or is that a newly invented English word I am not aware of :-)
you may have noticed that this is purely a typo of the Registrar office that I have certainly corrected on all the documents that I can edit (click, for example, "here" for more information). The Registrar officers are not Czech.
the reason is that I simply don't know the book. This is undergrad stuff, and we've had a lot of various Czech books. Do you know Formánek's book, for example? ;-)
I am particularly interested in how you will present such things as decoherence, measurement theory, and quantum computing to undergraduates. Can we have your lecture note as the course is going on?
thanks for your compassion! I am also curious how it will work. Measurement theory is fun and I already have an idea, but clearly I will have to prepare for decoherence and quantum computing, and hope to know these things much more than I do know them now...
But at Harvard, you should know that these topics are standard for QM II.
Hi Lubos:
ReplyDeleteLooked at your QM II class web page. You used a phrase "aidiabatic approximation". Was that a Czech word since searching Yahoo with "aidiabatic" turns up 6 occurances, with 3 associated with this particular Harvard course description. Or is that a newly invented English word I am not aware of :-)
Quantoken
Dear Quantoken,
ReplyDeleteyou may have noticed that this is purely a typo of the Registrar office that I have certainly corrected on all the documents that I can edit (click, for example, "here" for more information). The Registrar officers are not Czech.
Best wishes
Lubos
How come you dont recommend Schiff's text to your students ?
ReplyDeleteDear Ramanan,
ReplyDeletethe reason is that I simply don't know the book. This is undergrad stuff, and we've had a lot of various Czech books. Do you know Formánek's book, for example? ;-)
Best
Lubos
Hi, Lubos
ReplyDeleteI am particularly interested in how you will present such things as decoherence, measurement theory, and quantum computing to undergraduates. Can we have your lecture note as the course is going on?
Hi Minki,
ReplyDeletethanks for your compassion! I am also curious how it will work. Measurement theory is fun and I already have an idea, but clearly I will have to prepare for decoherence and quantum computing, and hope to know these things much more than I do know them now...
But at Harvard, you should know that these topics are standard for QM II.
Best
Lubos