the meaning of an operator - how it relates to an action that is a measurement and also an action on the state the meaning of an eigenstate and an eigenvalue for an operator the concept of a complete set of orthogonal operators that commute - this says something about having common states superposition states unitary operators: ❙Ψ❭ = ∑ ❙n❭❬n❙Ψ❭ = ∑Cₙ❙n❭ ❬n❙Ψ❭ = ∫ dx ❬n❙x❭❬x❙Ψ❭ = ∫ dx n†(x) Ψ(x) time evolution schrodinger equation - specific cases: infinite or finite well, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom angular momentum operators