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I think the best, and also most popular, textbook for a Quantum Mechanics 1 course is "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by David J. Griffiths. This is also wh
by sampo 2y ago
I think the best, and also most popular, textbook for a Quantum Mechanics 1 course is "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by David J. Griffiths. This is also what Claude says.
But you also need some math: Complex numbers, linear algebra, some basics of partial differential equations.
But a traditional university course in quantum mechanics aims at doing quantum mechanics in 3-dimensional space, to solve electron orbitals and energy levels of hydrogen atom. But all this 3-dimensional mathematics, you don't necessarily need if you just want to read about quantum computers. Maybe some quantum computers textbook has a presentation of the basics of quantum mechanics that leaves out the topics that traditional physics needs, because traditionally physics was interested in how atoms are build.