CORRECTIONS TO FIRST PRINTING OF

LECTURES ON QUANTUM MECHANICS

1. On p. 3, second line of rst full paragraph, k/h should be k
B
/h.
2. On p. 8, in Eq. (1.2.11), h
3
should be h
2
.
3. On p. 13, ten lines below Eq. (1.3.7), h
3
should be h
2
.
4. On p. 15, in Eq. (1.4.7),
nm
should be
mn
.
5. On p. 15, in the line below Eq. (1.4.11), a t is missing in exp(i(E
m

E
n
)/h) it should be exp(i(E
m
E
n
)t/h).
6. On page 19, in the rst equation of Eq. (1.4.28), the nal x should be
boldfaced.
7. On p. 23, in the displayed but unnumbered equation at the top of this
page, ih on the second line should be +ih.
8. On p. 23, in the two displayed but unnumbered equations near the
bottom of the page, [X, H] should be
_
XHHX
_
and [P, H] should
be
_
PH HP
_
.
9. On p. 31, in Eq. (2.1.10),

ijk
should be

k
.
10. On p. 31, in the displayed but unnumbered equation above Eq. (2.1.12),
the third

j
should be

jk
. (The rst two

j
s are OK.)
11. On p. 41, in Eq. (2.3.14), (s +b) should be (s +b)!.
12. On p. 47, equation (2.5.16) should read
E
n
1
n
2
n
3
= h
_
N +
3
2
_
.
(That is, the factor h in the second term in the square brackets should
be deleted.)
13. On p. 48, two lines above Eq. (2.5.19), one independent wave func-
tion should be 2 + 1 independent wave functions.
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14. On p. 49, in the three displayed but unnumbered equations at the
bottom of the page, n
1
everywhere should be n
i
. (Thus occurs in
seven places.)
15. On p. 50, in Eq. (2.5.24), n
1
should be n
i
.
16. On p. 55, the equation in footnote 3 should read

n
=
n

n

i,j=1
()
1
ji

j
(
i
,
n
)
17. On p. 55, in footnote 3, two lines below the displayed equation,

ij
should be

j
.
18. On p. 56, sixth line from top,

N
i=1
should be

i=1
.
19. On p. 64, in the displayed but unnumbered equation just before the
footnote, the right-hand side

r
c
r
a
r

r
should be

r
c
r
f(a
r
)
r
.
20. On p. 65, two lines below Eq. (3.3.22), is is should be is.
21. On p. 73, one line above Eq. (3.5.2), in place of A: should be in
place of T:.
22. On p. 75, one line below Eq. (3.5.11), denite position should be
denite momentum.
23. On p. 75, in last displayed but unnumbered equation,
_

p
,
p
_
should be
_

p
,
p
_
.
24. On p. 76, in Eq. (3.5.13),
_

p
,
p
_
should be
_

p
,
p
_
.
25. On p. 76, at the end of footnote 2, in place of
i
should be in place
of
r
.
26. On p. 80, three lines above Eq. (3.6.15), the second displayed but
unnumbered equation on this page should read
i[U
1
(v)HU(v), U
1
(v)XU(v)] = i[H, X] + hv .
(That is, the second U
1
(v) on the left-hand side should be U(v), and
the two factors U
1
(v) on the right-hand side should be deleted.)
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27. On p. 80, Eq. (3.6.15) should read
i
_
U
1
(v)HU(v), X
_
= i[H, X] + hv .
(That is, the second U
1
(v) should be U(v).)
28. On p. 86, in fth line of second full paragraph, Schroodingers should
be Schrodingers.
29. On p. 97, eleventh line of rst paragraph, Eq. (2.1.30) should be
Eq. (2.1.29).
30. On p. 108, at the end of the second line of the displayed but un-
numbered equation near the top of the page,
_

m
j
,
m
j
_
should be
_

m
j
,
m
j
_
. (That is, delete the asterisk.)
31. On p. 109, three lines below Eq. (4.2.23), exp(i|B
0
|t/j) should be
exp(i|B
0
|t/hj). (That is, include a factor h in the denominator of
the argument of the exponential.)
32. On p. 119, in the second line of Eq. (4.4.10), the subscript mm

in
the rst term should be m

m, and the subscript m

in the second
term should be m

.
33. On p. 124, at the beginning of the rst line above Eq. (4.5.9), of
should be or.
34. On p. 126, sixth line of rst full paragraph, the 18 elements should
be the 8 elements.
35. On p. 127, eighth line, magnesium with Z = 8 + 2 = 10 should be
magnesium with Z = 8 + 2 + 2 = 12.
36. On p. 135, second line above Eq. (4.6.8), if and only charge is con-
served should be if and only if charge is conserved. (That is, insert
the word if before charge.)
37. On p. 137, second line above Eq. (4.6.13), u
ij
=
ij
e
i
should be
u
ij
=
ij
e
i
.
38. On p. 141, fth line of rst full paragraph,
+
+
0
+ +
0
should
be
+
+
0
+
0
.
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39. On p. 149, in Eqs. (5.1.6) and (5.1.7), E
n
should be E
a
.
40. On p. 151, in the ve displayed but unnumbered equations on this
page, V (x) should everywhere be V
0
(x).
41. On p. 152, in the rst displayed but unnumbered equation on this
page, V (x) should be V
0
(x).
42. On p. 158, top line, state vectors
j
n

m
and
j
n

m
should be state
vectors
m
n

j
and
m
n

j
.
43. On p. 163, second line of rst full paragraph, Recall that in to rst
order should be Recall that to rst order.
44. On p. 168, third from last line of second full paragraph,
a,X
should
be
a,X
.
45. On p. 174, Eq. (5.7.12), (E) should be (x).
46. On p. 183, third line from bottom of introductory paragraph, of one
sort of another should be of one sort or another.
47. On p. 184, Eq. (6.2.1) should read
H

(t) = U exp(it) U

exp(it) .
(That is, insert minus signs in both terms on right-hand side.)
48. On p. 187, Eq. (6.2.9) should read
exp(ip x/h)
(2h)
3/2
,
49. On p. 192, in Eq. (6.5.10), the nal factor (
nm
) should be (
n1
).
50. On p. 205, in the line below Eq. (7.1.9), Eq. (7.1.4) should be
Eq. (7.1.3).
51. On p. 207, in the second displayed but unnumbered equation on the
page, the 2 should be deleted on the right-hand side.
52. On p. 208, second line of Eq. (7.2.4), the denominator (2h)
3
should
be (2)
3
.
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53. On p. 213, in both of the two displayed but unnumbered equations in
the middle of the page, arcsin(b/z) should be arctan(b/z).
54. On p. 215, in the line between Eqs. (7.4.2) and (7.4.3), h q should be
hq. (That is, delete the bar over q.)
55. On p. 234, second line from top, According to Eq. (7.9.17) should
be According to Eq. (7.10.17).
56. On p. 236, in Eq. (8.1.7), in three places exp(iE

t) should be
exp(iE

t/h).
57. On p. 236, next-to-last line, exp(iE

t) should be exp(iE

t/h).
58. On p. 237, in the right-hand side of Eq. (8.1.8),

should be

59. On p. 237, in Eq. (8.1.9), in three places exp(iE

t) should be
exp(iE

t/h).
60. On p. 258, in the rst displayed but unnumbered equation (actually
a pair of equations) on this page,
_

, (W H
0
)
1
V
_
should be
_

, (W H
0
)
1
V

_
. (That is, insert

in the second equation of

this pair.)
61. On p. 270, displayed but unnumbered equation between Eqs. (8.8.17)
and (8.8.18), the right-hand side (E + B)
_

E,0,
,
P

_
should be
(E + B)
_

E,0,
,
P

_
.
62. On p. 270, Eq. (8.8.18) should read
_

E,0,
,
P

_
=
3
(P

g
_
p(E)
E +B
.
(That is, add a prime on P on the left-hand side, and a minus sign
multiplying the right-hand side.)
63. On p. 276, in the rst line of Section 9.1, governed by should be
governing.
64. On p. 289, in the displayed but unnumbered equation between Eqs. (9.5.28)
and (9.5.29),
1
2m
[p
2
, x
i
] should be
1
2mh
[p
2
, x
i
]. (That is, insert a factor
h in the denominator of this expression.)
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65. On p. 296, in the sixth line of the second full paragraph, exp(iL())/h
should be exp(iL()/h). (That is, h should be inside the parenthe-
sis.)
66. On p. 299, in the displayed but unnumbered equation at the bottom
of this page, the left hand side H(x, p.t) should be H(x, p, t). (That
is, the period before t should be a comma. It is dicult to tell the
dierence between commas and periods in the equations.) Also in the
last line of this equation, p
n
should be
pn
mn
.
67. On p. 300, in the rst line below Eq. (10.1.9),

n
x
2
n
/2m
n
should
be

n
m
n
x
2
n
/2. (That is, m
n
should be in the numerator, not the
denominator.)
68. On p. 303, line between Eqs. (10.3.7) and (10.3.8), We can put this
it a more familiar form should be We can put this in a more familiar
form.
69. On p. 306, third line below Eq. 10.4.3), say S
0
/h should be say
zero.
70. On p. 310, displayed but unnumbered equation below Eq. (11.1.6),
the rst

on the right-hand side should be deleted.

71. On p. 316, in the line above the displayed but unnumbered equation
at the bottom of the page, to replace E in L
0
with 4c

should
be to replace E in L
0
with 4c

.
72. On p. 318, in the second line of Eq. (11.4.6),

n
should be

nj
.
73. On p. 321, in the line below Eq. (11.5.20),
_
4c/2|k|(2)
3
should be
_
4ch/2|k|(2)
3
. (That is, include a factor h in the numerator.)
74. On p. 321, three lines below Eq. (11.5.23), The commutation relations
(11.5.18) should be The commutation relations (11.5.19).
75. On p. 327, in the line above Eq. (11.6.18), (10.5.11) is should be
(11.5.11) is.
76. On p. 328, Eq. (11.7.11) should read
P
b
= (p
b
+ hk)
b
.
(That is, there should be a bar over the nal subscript b.)
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77. On p. 333, Eq. (11.7.32) should read
=
2k
3
15 h

nmijkl
e
n
e
m
m
n
m
m
c
2
(b|x
nk
p
ni
|a)(b|x
ml
p
mj
|a)

[4
ij

kl

ik

jl

jk

il
] .
(That is, the nal |b) should be |a).)
78. On p. 333, at the end of Eq. (11.7.33), il should be
il
.
79. On p. 333, in Eq. (11.7.34),
2k
3
15h
should be
2k
3
15hc
2
.
80. On p. 339, at the end of Eq. (12.1.8), |

mn
U
nn

n

m
|
2
should be

m
|

n
U
nn

n

m
|
2
.
81. On p. 340, in the rst and fth lines, exp(iHt) should be exp(iHt/h).
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On p. 1, fifth line of first paragraph of Section 1.1, "at the
University of Berlin, and " should be "at the Imperial
Physical-Technical Institution in Berlin, and ".

MORE CORRECTIONS TO FIRST PRINTING
OF LECTURES ON QUANTUM MECHANICS
1. On p. 286, on the right-hand side of the rst displayed but unnumbered
equation after Eq. (9.5.7), p x L should be p x L. (That is, insert a
dot over x on the right-hand side of this equation.
2. On p. 289, the text from just after Eq. (9.5.27) to the end of this
paragraph (including Eq. (9.5.28)) should be replaced with the following:
It takes a little more eort to calculate the commutator of the ps. According
to Eq. (9.5.19), we have
[p
i
, p
j
] = ih

f
x
i
(f)
2

x
j
(p f) i j

. (9.5.28)
In general this does not vanish. For instance, if we constrain the particle to
remain on a sphere of radius R, so that f(x) = x
2
R
2
, then Eq. (9.5.28)
gives
[p
i
, p
j
] =
ih
R
2
(x
i
p
j
x
j
p
i
) .
The dierence between these commutation relations and the usual ones is
the non-vanishing of the commutator (9.5.28), and the presence of the second
term in Eq. (9.5.26), which is needed for the commutator of p f with x
i
to be consistent with the vanishing of p f.
[If this takes a little less or a little more room than the existing text, please
adjust by increasing or decreasing the white space at the bottom of this
page.]
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