name: Robert Jerrard office: 6262 Bahen phone: (416) 946-5441 fax: (416) 978-4107
e-mail:
rjerrard at math dot toronto dot edu department mailing address:
Department of Mathematics,
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada office hours: Tuesday 4:10-5 pm, Thursday 3:10-4pm.
or by appointment
New!
The handout "APM421/MAT1723 incomplete lecture notes" can be downloaded
here.
This was updated most recently
on December 13, and may be further updated shortly.
A small handout, "About the Final Exam" can be downloaded
here.
A fourth homework assignment,
which will not be collected, can be downloaded
here.
no longer new
The first homework assignment,
due October 6, can be downloaded
here.
The second homework assignment,
due October 25, can be downloaded
here.
The third homework assignment,
due November 10, can be downloaded
here.
Text
There is no required textbook for the course.
Parts of the class will loosely follow
Mathematical Concepts of Quantum Mechanics ,
by Stephen J. Gustafson and Israel Michael Sigal.
The instructor will sometimes make available notes, when covering topics
not addressed in the book of Gustafson and Sigal.
Marking Scheme.
Marks will be based on
written assignments, one Midterm Exam, and
a Final Exam.
The marking scheme is summarized in the following table.