http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-27T04:00:58-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-07-04T14:50:45-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprebraket?rev=1309816245 Prerequisites to Bra-ket Notation Students need to know basic vector notation and calculations text/html 2017-09-15T08:54:33-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprecomplex?rev=1505490873 Prerequisites Some, but by no means all, of our students have some experience with basic complex number algebra. It is really important to make sure that everyone is strong before you enter the spins course. Take some time here!!! In particular, we have found that some students understand triangle trigonometry, but not circle trigonometry. Students who don't understand circle trigonometry will have constant difficulties with the exponential form of complex numbers and complex conjugation. text/html 2011-07-04T14:50:31-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prpreeigenv?rev=1309816231 Students need to know: This activity works best if the students have done the linear transformation activity (which uses many of the same examples) and if they learned, from that activity or elsewhere, the geometric idea that the direction of an eigenvector is unchanged by a transformation. text/html 2011-07-04T14:50:15-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprehermitian?rev=1309816215 Prerequisites Students need to know the eigenvalue equation: $$A\vert v\rangle = \lambda \vert v \rangle$$ and what it means geometrically. text/html 2011-07-04T14:49:57-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprehermmat?rev=1309816197 Prerequisites text/html 2013-12-26T08:13:34-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprelintran?rev=1388074414 Prerequisites to the Linear Transformations Activity Students need to know basic bra-ket notation and matrix calculations: text/html 2017-09-15T08:47:25-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprematrix?rev=1505490445 Prerequisites to Matrix Manipulation While some students may not have done any linear algebra, it is expected that most will have learned basic matrix manipulations. Most of this section should be a quick review, especially: text/html 2011-07-04T14:49:18-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/courses:prereq:prpre:prprerotmatr?rev=1309816158 Prerequisites for Rotation Matrices in 2 and 3 Dimensions Students must be: