Reading in Levine: Chapter 18
Homework problems on perturbation theory due on Monday, March 23
Key Concepts
Variation theory
Linear variation theory
Matrices and similarity transforms: symmetric and orthogonal matrices; hermitian and unitary matrices
Spin angular momentum and the helium atom.
Estimating the energy of the helium atom
Permutation symmetry: fermions and bosons
Determinantal wavefunction is antisymmetric