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Advanced concepts in quantum mechanics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Esposito, Giampiero (Author), Marmo, Giuseppe (Author), Miele, Gennaro (Author), Sudarshan, E. C. G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Quantum theory.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The need for a quantum theory
  • Experimental foundations of quantum theory
  • Waves and particles
  • Schrödinger picture, heisenberg picture and probabilistic aspects
  • Integrating the equations of motion
  • Elementary applications: one-dimensional problems
  • Elementary applications: multi-dimensional problems
  • Coherent states and related formalism
  • Introduction to spin
  • Symmetries in quantum mechanics
  • Approximation methods
  • Perturbation theory
  • Jeffreys-Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin method
  • Scattering theory
  • Modern pictures of quantum mechanics
  • Formulations of quantum mechanics and their physical implications
  • Exam problems
  • Definitions of geometric concepts.