Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)

Mackey, George W.

ISBN 10: 0486435172 / ISBN 13: 9780486435176

Verlag: Dover Publications, 2004

Beschreibung

Good.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ERICA82904864351724

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)
• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0486435172
• ISBN-13: 9780486435176
• Einband: paperback
• Zustand: Good
• Buchtyp: book

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Inhaltsangabe

Designed for students familiar with abstract mathematical concepts but possessing little knowledge of physics, this text focuses on generality and careful formulation rather than problem-solving. Its author, a member of the distinguished National Academy of Science, based this graduate-level text on the course he taught at Harvard University.
Opening chapters on classical mechanics examine the laws of particle mechanics; generalized coordinates and differentiable manifolds; oscillations, waves, and Hilbert space; and statistical mechanics. A survey of quantum mechanics covers the old quantum theory; the quantum-mechanical substitute for phase space; quantum dynamics and the Schrödinger equation; the canonical "quantization" of a classical system; some elementary examples and original discoveries by Schrödinger and Heisenberg; generalized coordinates; linear systems and the quantization of the electromagnetic field; and quantum-statistical mechanics.
The final section on group theory and quantum mechanics of the atom explores basic notions in the theory of group representations; perturbations and the group theoretical classification of eigenvalues; spherical symmetry and spin; and the n-electron atom and the Pauli exclusion principle.

Reseña del editor

Designed for students familiar with abstract mathematics but not physics, this graduate-level text was written by a member of the National Academy of Science. It introduces fundamentals of classical mechanics; surveys basics of quantum mechanics; and concludes with a look at group theory and quantum mechanics of the atom. 1963 edition.