Investigating and improving student understanding of the probability distributions for measuring physical observables in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AA57D1zbMath1367.81010OpenAlexW2587166838MaRDI QIDQ5270263

Chandralekha Singh, Emily Marshman

Publication date: 23 June 2017

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/aa57d1

zbMATH Keywords

learningquantum mechanicsteachingDirac notationinstructional materials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50)

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