| Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics Contributor(s): Corry, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498701167 ISBN-13: 9781498701167 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Arithmetic - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory |
| Dewey: 530.12 |
| LCCN: 2016026409 |
| Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs and Research Notes in Mathemat |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Structured as a dialogue between a mathematician and a physicist, Symmetry and Quantum Mechanics unites the mathematical topics of this field into a compelling and physically-motivated narrative that focuses on the central role of symmetry. Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics with only a minimal background in physics, this title is also useful to physicists seeking a mathematical introduction to the subject. Part I focuses on spin, and covers such topics as Lie groups and algebras, while part II offers an account of position and momentum in the context of the representation theory of the Heisenberg group, along the way providing an informal discussion of fundamental concepts from analysis such as self-adjoint operators on Hilbert space and the Stone-von Neumann Theorem. Mathematical theory is applied to physical examples such as spin-precession in a magnetic field, the harmonic oscillator, the infinite spherical well, and the hydrogen atom. |