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Probably he chose it because it's an easy introduction and the majority of people in the class won't go on to take the second course (won't go into theoretical physics) so they don't want it too advanced. In none of my classes have I ever felt a very strong need to use the exact textbook the...

Hello! I was wondering if there'd be any problems using another QM book (like Shankar, Ballentine etc) in a course where the standard literature is Griffiths Introduction to Quantum Mechanics? By that I mean is there ever any disadvantages to going to a more advanced textbook (assuming you...