| Description |
xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Oxford graduate texts in mathematics ; 1 |
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Oxford graduate texts in mathematics ; 1
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Wave mechanics -- 3. Quadratic and linear potentials -- 4. The hydrogen atom -- 5. Scattering and tunnelling -- 6. The mathematical structure of quantum theory -- 7. The commutation relations -- 8. Angular momentum -- 9. Symmetry in quantum theory -- 10. Measurements and paradoxes -- 11. Alternative formulations of quantum theory -- 12. Stationary perturbation theory -- 13. Iterative perturbation theory -- 14. Variational methods -- 15. The semi-classical approximation -- 16. Systems of several particles -- 17. Relativistic wave equations -- 18. Dirac particles in electromagnetic fields -- 19. Symmetries of elementary particles -- A1. A review of linear algebra and groups -- A2. Open systems -- Some physicists and mathematicians |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-355) and index |
| Subject |
Quantum theory.
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| LC no. |
96030095 |
| ISBN |
0198537948 |
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