Esposito, Giampiero. creator Marmo, Giuseppe. Sudarshan, E. C. G. text bibliography nyu Cambridge, UK New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2004 monographic eng

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xvi, 592 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. "This book is intended for use as a textbook for beginning graduate and advanced undergraduate courses. It is self-contained and includes problems to advance the reader's understanding."--BOOK JACKET. Pt. I. From classical to wave mechanics -- 1. Experimental foundations of quantum theory -- 2. Classical dynamics -- 3. Wave equations -- 4. Wave mechanics -- 5. Applications of wave mechanics -- 6. Introduction to spin -- 7. Perturbation theory -- 8. Scattering theory -- Pt. II. Weyl quantization and algebraic methods -- 9. Weyl quantization -- 10. Harmonic oscillators and quantum optics -- 11. Angular momentum operators -- 12. Algebraic methods for eigenvalue problems -- 13. From density matrix to geometrical phases -- Pt. III. Selected topics -- 14. From classical to quantum statistical mechanics -- 15. Lagrangian and phase-space formulations -- 16. Dirac equation and no-interaction theorem. Giampiero Esposito, Giuseppe Marmo, George Sudarshan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 571-587) and index. Quantum theory QC174.12 .E95 2004 530.12 ESF 0521833248 (hardback) 2003053212 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003053212.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam032/2003053212.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003053212.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam032/2003053212.html DLC 030516 20140915123133.0 4760515