When physicists began developing Quantum Physics in the early 20th Century, they started from the theoretical structure of classical mechanics. Thus, you will have a greater understanding of Quantum Physics if you have knowledge of the work of Lagrange, Hamilton and others in Classical Physics.

Liboff covers Classical Physics briefly in Chapter 1 and parts of Chapter 7. I have expanded upon this material in my notes. You may or may not have taken courses on Classical Mechanics and Math Methods for Scientists and Engineers depending on you choice of major and electives as well as your present academic year. Thus, you may want to use the link to the Physics Course Pages to explore the material on Lagrangian Mechanics on Dr. McCoy's Classical Mechanics web page.

You may also want to review material on coordinate systems and Fourier Transforms on my Math Methods Course web page.

Since this is suppose to be a review, we will cover this material quickly and move onto chapter 2.