"Version: 20250801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Schr?odinger equation -- 1.2. Indistinguishable particles and the ground state -- 1.3. Solving quantum problems with Monte Carlo2. Variational Monte Carlo (VMC) -- 2.1. Spin in expectation values -- 2.2. The multielectron wave function -- 2.3. The Jastrow factor3. Principles of wave function op…