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I'm a junior undergraduate who has yet to take quantum mechanics, although I did have a brief introduction to basic wave mechanics (square well, harmonic oscillator, tunneling, the hydrogen atom, etc.) in "modern physics" course. I've also watched and taken notes from the Quantum Mechanics lectures from Oxford that have been posted on iTunes, and found I understood them reasonably well. I checked Sakurai's book out from the library and have been going through the first two chapters, and I am having no difficulty in understanding it.
I am considering asking my department if I could do an independent study with Sakurai's book in lieu of the introductory quantum mechanics course, which I think uses Griffiths or Liboff. Does this seem like a reasonable idea? Would I be missing anything terribly important? Should I just bite the bullet and take the other course?
I am considering asking my department if I could do an independent study with Sakurai's book in lieu of the introductory quantum mechanics course, which I think uses Griffiths or Liboff. Does this seem like a reasonable idea? Would I be missing anything terribly important? Should I just bite the bullet and take the other course?