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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 January 2010
      11 March 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511610929
      9780521833240
      9780521143622
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511610929
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.16kg, 610 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.96kg, 612 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Physics and Astronomy, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information and Quantum Computation
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    Physics and Astronomy, Quantum Physics, Quantum Information and Quantum Computation
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    This 2004 textbook provides a pedagogical introduction to the formalism, foundations and applications of quantum mechanics. Part I covers the basic material which is necessary to understand the transition from classical to wave mechanics. Topics include classical dynamics, with emphasis on canonical transformations and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, the Cauchy problem for the wave equation, Helmholtz equation and eikonal approximation, introduction to spin, perturbation theory and scattering theory. The Weyl quantization is presented in Part II, along with the postulates of quantum mechanics. Part III is devoted to topics such as statistical mechanics and black-body radiation, Lagrangian and phase-space formulations of quantum mechanics, and the Dirac equation. This book is intended for use as a textbook for beginning graduate and advanced undergraduate courses. It is self-contained and includes problems to aid the reader's understanding.

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    Review of the hardback:‘I consider this book to be a valuable and modern contribution which addresses a wide readership. It contains a plenitude of material that can be used by lecturers as well as by students who want to learn interesting topics from a non-standard exposition.‘

    Source: Contemporary Physics

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