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| Jun 16, 2021 at 8:06 | comment | added | Lennart Meier | I enjoyed the summary of quantum mechanics given in Folland's Quantum Field Theory: A Tourist Guide for Mathematicians | |
| Jun 15, 2021 at 22:13 | answer | added | Hollis Williams | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 13:31 | comment | added | Sayan Chattopadhyay | You can also have a look at Takhtajan's Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians | |
| Jun 13, 2021 at 11:53 | answer | added | John Coleman | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 23:29 | comment | added | MathMath | @KonstantinosKanakoglou that is a nice question. Actually, I don't know exactly what are these Dirac-von Neumann axioms; all I know is that quantum mechanics can be formulated in terms of postulates as most of physics books do. However, I know that different authors use different postulates, but I though these should be all equivalent. In any case, in my opinion, the most natural set of postulates is the six postulates mentioned in the wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 23:10 | comment | added | Konstantinos Kanakoglou | When you say the "axioms" do you mean the Dirac–von Neumann axioms? Or do you have something else in mind ? | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 14:50 | answer | added | Alexandre Eremenko | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 13:56 | answer | added | Roberto Ladu | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Jun 12, 2021 at 13:41 | answer | added | Carlo Beenakker | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 12, 2021 at 9:07 | comment | added | alvarezpaiva | I like Fock's "Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics". I think it complements von Neumann's book nicely. | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:46 | comment | added | Buzz | Just a word of warning: Different authors can have very different views on what the fundamental underlying mathematical structure is in quantum mechanics, and it can be hard to find a balanced treatment. Part of the issue comes down to the infamous measurement problem, and the associated question of whether mixed states really "exist." | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:41 | history | edited | Konstantinos Kanakoglou |
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| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:26 | history | edited | MathMath | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 11, 2021 at 23:11 | answer | added | Nik Weaver | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 22:29 | comment | added | Uzu Lim | The book by Hall was very lovely to me springer.com/gp/book/9781461471158 I think it has a particularly great explanation of spin, which is often quite confusing. That said, I think it's usually best to mix in a few different references to get a holistic perspective. Griffith's QM and "QFT for the gifted amateur" were good for skimming overviews for me. | |
| Jun 11, 2021 at 22:13 | history | asked | MathMath | CC BY-SA 4.0 |