Notation

Symbol				Definition
${\mathcal {H}}\,\!$				Hilbert Space
${\mathbb {C} }\,\!$				The set of complex numbers
${\mathbb {R} }\,\!$				The set of real numbers
		Chapter 2
$X\,\!$				The Pauli X matrix (see Table 2.1)
$Y\,\!$				The Pauli Y matrix (see Table 2.1)
$Z\,\!$				The Pauli Z matrix (see Table 2.1)
${\mathbb {I} }\,\!$				The
${\delta _{ij}}$				The Kronecker delta (see Equation C.17)
${\epsilon _{ijk}}$				Epsilon (see Equation C.8)
$\otimes \,\!$				The Tensor Product (see Section C.7)
		Chapter 3
$H\,\!$				The Hamiltonian
$\hbar \,\!$				H-bar (Planck's constant divided by $2\pi \,\!$)