Quantum Mechanics

In this latest edition new material has been added, which includes many
additional clarifying remarks to some of the more advanced chapters. The
design of many figures has been reworked to enhance the didactic appeal of
the book. However, in the course of these changes, I have attempted to keep
intact the underlying compact nature of the book.
I am grateful to many colleagues for their help with this substantial revision. Special thanks go to Uwe T¨auber and Roger Hilton for discussions,
comments and many constructive suggestions on this new edition. Some of
the figures which were of a purely qualitative nature have been improved by
Robert Seyrkammer in now being computer-generated. I am very obliged to
Andrej Vilfan for redoing and checking the computation of some of the scientifically more demanding figures. I am also very grateful to Ms Ulrike Ollinger
who undertook the graphical design of the diagrams. It is my pleasure to
thank Dr. Thorsten Schneider and Mrs Jacqueline Lenz of Springer for their
excellent co-operation, as well as the LE-TEX setting team for their careful
incorporation of the amendments for this new edition. Finally, I should like to
thank all colleagues and students who, over the years, have made suggestions
to improve the usefulness of this book