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Third Workshop on Grand Unification
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill April 15–17, 1982
Av P.H. Frampton, S.L. Glashow m. fl.
Häftad, 1982
552 kr
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This workshop held at the University of North Carolina was in the series which started with meetings in the University of New Hampshire (April 1980) and the University of Michigan (April 1981). More than one hundred participants congregated in the Carolina Inn in April 1982 to discuss the status of …
Workshop on Non-Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics
Av Kimball Milton, M.A. Samuel
Häftad, 1983
512 kr
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3-D Spinors, Spin-Weighted Functions and their Applications
Av Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo
Inbunden, 2003
552 kr
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The spinor calculus employed in general relativity is a very useful tool; many expressions and computations are considerably simplified if one makes use of spinors instead of tensors. Some advantages of the spinor formalism applied in the four-dimensional space-time of general relativity come from …
Physical Applications of Homogenenous Balls
Inbunden, 2004
934 kr
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One of the mathematical challenges of modern physics lies in the development of new tools to efficiently describe different branches of physics within one mathematical framework. This text introduces precisely such a broad mathematical model, one that gives a clear geometric expression of the …
Conformal Groups in Geometry and Spin Structures
Inbunden, 2007
1098 kr
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Conformal groups play a key role in geometry and spin structures. This book provides a self-contained overview of this important area of mathematical physics, beginning with its origins in the works of Cartan and Chevalley and progressing to recent research in spinors and conformal geometry.Key …
Mathematical Theory of Diffraction
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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Arnold Sommerfeld's "Mathematische Theorie der Diffraction" marks a milestone in optical theory, full of insights that are still relevant today. In a stunning tour de force, Sommerfeld derives the first mathematically rigorous solution of an optical diffraction problem. Indeed, his diffraction …
Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing
Av Arlie O. Petters, Harold Levine m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
2188 kr
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Astronomers do not do experiments. They observe the universe primarily through detect ing light emitted by stars and other luminous objects. Since this light must travel through space to reach us, variations in the metric of space affects the appearance of astronomical objects. These variations …
Electrodynamics
A Modern Geometric Approach
Inbunden, 1998
879 kr
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The emphasis in this text is on classical electromagnetic theory and electrodynamics, that is, dynamical solutions to the Lorentz-force and Maxwell's equations. The natural appearance of the Minkowski spacetime metric in the paravector space of Clifford's geometric algebra is used to formulate a …
Integrable Systems in Celestial Mechanics
Inbunden, 2008
1098 kr
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Direct involvement with the subject area of the present work dates from my years with NASA at its Electronics Research Center (ERC) in Cambridge, M- sachusetts, in the 1960s. However, my approach to the problems of mathem- ical physics had been shaped earlier in my time as a graduate student in the …
Algebra and Physics
Av R. Ablamowicz, Rafal Ablamowicz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
879 kr
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The first part of a two-volume set concerning the field of Clifford (geometric) algebra, this work consists of thematically organized chapters that provide a broad overview of cutting-edge topics in mathematical physics and the physical applications of Clifford algebras. This volume is devoted …
Clifford Algebras and Their Applications in Mathematical Physics
Inbunden, 2000
879 kr
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The second part of a two-volume set concerning the field of Clifford (geometric) algebra, this work consists of thematically organized chapters that provide a broad overview of cutting-edge topics in mathematical physics and the physical applications of Clifford algebras. This volume is a survey of …
Caught by Disorder
A Course on Bound States in Random Media
Inbunden, 2001
879 kr
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Disorder is one of the central topics in science today. Over the past 15 years various aspects of the effects of disorder have changed a number of paradigms in mathematics and physics. One such effect is a phenomenon called localization, which describes the very strange behaviour of waves in random …
Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics
Charge, Flux, and Metric
Av Friedrich W Hehl, Yuri N. Obukhov
Inbunden, 2003
930 kr
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In this book we display the fundamental structure underlying classical electro dynamics, i. e. , the phenomenological theory of electric and magnetic effects. The book can be used as a textbook for an advanced course in theoretical electrodynamics for physics and mathematics students and, perhaps, …
Mathematical Methods in Physics
Distributions, Hilbert Space Operators, and Variational Methods
Av Philippe Blanchard, Erwin Bruening
Inbunden, 2002
1235 kr
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Physics has long been regarded as a wellspring of mathematical problems. ++Mathematical Methods in Physics++((kursiv)) is a self-contained presentation, driven by historic motivations, excellent examples, detailed proofs, and a focus on those parts of mathematics that are needed in more ambitious …
Planar Ising Correlations
Av John Palmer
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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Steady progress in recent years has been made in understanding the special mathematical features of certain exactly solvable models in statistical mechanics and quantum field theory, including the scaling limits of the 2-D Ising (lattice) model, and more generally, a class of 2-D quantum fields …
Analysis of Dirac Systems and Computational Algebra
Av Fabrizio Colombo, Irene Sabadini m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
550 kr
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The subject of Clifford algebras has become an increasingly rich area of research with a significant number of important applications not only to mathematical physics but to numerical analysis, harmonic analysis, and computer science. The main treatment is devoted to the analysis of systems of …
MathPhys Odyssey 2001
Integrable Models and Beyond In Honor of Barry M. McCoy
Av Masaki Kashiwara, M. Kashiwara m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1098 kr
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Developments in mathematical physics during the second half of the 20th century influenced a number of mathematical areas, among the more significant being representation theory, differential equations, combinatorics, and algebraic geometry. In all of them, the dynamic role of integrable models has …
Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Av Dariusz Chruscinski, Andrzej Jamiolkowski
Inbunden, 2004
1316 kr
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Several well-established geometric and topological methods are used in this work in an application to a beautiful physical phenomenon known as the geometric phase. This book examines the geometric phase, bringing together different physical phenomena under a unified mathematical scheme. The …
Geometric Approach to Thermomechanics of Dissipating Continua
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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Across the centuries, the development and growth of mathematical concepts have been strongly stimulated by the needs of mechanics. Vector algebra was developed to describe the equilibrium of force systems and originated from Stevin's experiments (1548-1620). Vector analysis was then introduced to …
Introduction to Dirac Operators on Manifolds
Av Jan Cnops
Inbunden, 2002
879 kr
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The chapters on Clifford algebra and differential geometry can be used as an introduction to the topics, and are suitable for senior undergraduates and graduates. The other chapters are also accessible at this level.; This self-contained book requires very little previous knowledge of the domains …
Topics in Quantum Mechanics
Inbunden, 2003
552 kr
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Quantum mechanics and quantum field theory are highly successful physical theo ries that have numerous practical applications. Largely mathematical in character, these theories continue to stimulate the imaginations of applied mathematicians and purists as weIl. In recent years, in particular, as …
Homogenization of Partial Differential Equations
Av Vladimir A. Marchenko, Evgueni Ya. Khruslov
Inbunden, 2005
1098 kr
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Homogenization is a method for modeling processes in microinhomogeneous media, which are encountered in radiophysics, filtration theory, rheology, elasticity theory, and other domains of mechanics, physics, and technology. These processes are described by PDEs with rapidly oscillating coefficients …
Determining Spectra in Quantum Theory
Inbunden, 2005
1098 kr
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Themainobjectiveofthisbookistogiveacollectionofcriteriaavailablein the spectral theory of selfadjoint operators, and to identify the spectrum and its components in the Lebesgue decomposition. Many of these criteria were published in several articles in di?erent journals. We collected them, added …
Self-adjoint Extensions in Quantum Mechanics
General Theory and Applications to Schrödinger and Dirac Equations with Singular Potentials
Av D.M. Gitman, I.V. Tyutin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1643 kr
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Quantization of physical systems requires a correct definition of quantum-mechanical observables, such as the Hamiltonian, momentum, etc., as self-adjoint operators in appropriate Hilbert spaces and their spectral analysis. Though a “naïve” treatment exists for dealing with such problems, it is …
Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces
Av Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo
Inbunden, 2010
1316 kr
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Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of …
Geometric Approach to Thermomechanics of Dissipating Continua
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Across the centuries, the development and growth of mathematical concepts have been strongly stimulated by the needs of mechanics. Vector algebra was developed to describe the equilibrium of force systems and originated from Stevin's experiments (1548-1620). Vector analysis was then introduced to …
3-D Spinors, Spin-Weighted Functions and their Applications
Av Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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The spinor calculus employed in general relativity is a very useful tool; many expressions and computations are considerably simplified if one makes use of spinors instead of tensors. Some advantages of the spinor formalism applied in the four-dimensional space-time of general relativity come from …
Analysis of Dirac Systems and Computational Algebra
Av Fabrizio Colombo, Irene Sabadini m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
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The subject of Clifford algebras has become an increasingly rich area of research with a significant number of important applications not only to mathematical physics but to numerical analysis, harmonic analysis, and computer science. The main treatment is devoted to the analysis of systems of …
Geometric Phases in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Av Dariusz Chruscinski, Andrzej Jamiolkowski
Häftad, 2012
934 kr
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Several well-established geometric and topological methods are used in this work in an application to a beautiful physical phenomenon known as the geometric phase. This book examines the geometric phase, bringing together different physical phenomena under a unified mathematical scheme. The …
