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I just finished a first course in quantum mechanics based on Griffiths' textbook. I have to take an advanced qm course next sem which starts in Feb. I was planning to do some reading by then mostly on some specific topics like mathematical formalism of QM, spin and angular momenta, and identical particles. I am thinking of buying a book (or two) for this and for the next sem. The prescribed textbooks for this course are
1. J. J. Sakurai : Modern Quantum Mechanics (Addison Wesley)
2. L. I. Schiff : Quantum Mechanics (Mcgraw-Hill)
3. Cohen-Tannoudji : Quantum Mechanics (John Wiley and Sons)
4. E. Merzbacher : Quantum Mechanics (John Wiley and Sons)
5. K. Gottfried and T-M Yan: Quantum Mechanics : Fundamentals (Springer)
And I am familiar with a few other books like Shankar and Ballentine.
So I would like to know which of these books have a good exposition of the topics I mentioned? I need a book which is precise yet comprehensible, has commonly used notation and at least a few exercise problems. They need not be from the list I mentioned, but at least at the same level.
1. J. J. Sakurai : Modern Quantum Mechanics (Addison Wesley)
2. L. I. Schiff : Quantum Mechanics (Mcgraw-Hill)
3. Cohen-Tannoudji : Quantum Mechanics (John Wiley and Sons)
4. E. Merzbacher : Quantum Mechanics (John Wiley and Sons)
5. K. Gottfried and T-M Yan: Quantum Mechanics : Fundamentals (Springer)
And I am familiar with a few other books like Shankar and Ballentine.
So I would like to know which of these books have a good exposition of the topics I mentioned? I need a book which is precise yet comprehensible, has commonly used notation and at least a few exercise problems. They need not be from the list I mentioned, but at least at the same level.
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