I am an autodidact in need of guidance. I normally just pick out a bunch of books on the subject I plan on learning, but I have not been able to find the mathematical elements-just the theories. If anyone knows any textbooks I can find on the Internet that serves as a good introduction, I would appreciate the help.

David Griffiths "Introductory to Quantum mechanics"

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Introduction-Quantum-Mechanics-David-Griffiths/dp/0131118927

 

is excellent he assumes a low math skill to start and works you up into the more advanced.

Edited May 1, 20178 yr by Mordred

That's great, thanks. But I can handle the higher math levels. I'd say that as far as science goes, I've studied a good amount of chemistry and physics and some thermodynamics. For math I remember learning a lot of trigonometry, Algebra, and a fair amount of calculus. If this is still "low" (I wouldn't know how to measure my progress because I've never attended college/University, but I feel confident in the areas I've mentioned), then I would like to know what other requirements I'd need to meet.

Griffith will step you into the Dirac notation etc from the list you gave. As you meet the prerequisites with trig and calculus.