Hilbert-Space Operators in Quantum Physics (Computational and Applied Mathematical Physics) - Hardcover

Exner, Pavel; Havlicek, Miloslav

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563961423 ISBN 13: 9781563961427

Publisher: American Institute of Physics, 1999

Synopsis

This text, based on lectures delivered over almost two decades, explains in detail the theory of linear Hilbert-space operators and its use in quantum physics. The central mathematical tool of this book, the spectral theory of self-adjoint operators, is used in a systematic analysis of the operator aspect of quantum theory. The authors wish to provide students with basic information about the field and, perhaps, to kindle interest that will lead to further research. This text is intended to be of use to students and teachers in all fields of physics who use quantum theoretical methods, as well as researchers in theoretical and mathematical physics and mathematicians with an interest in quantum theory.

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Review

"I really enjoyed reading this work. It is very well written, by three real experts in the field. It stands quite alone....The translation is remarkably good." John R. Taylor, University of Colorado

About the Author

Jirí Blank graduated in 1961 from Czech Technical University and got his PhD from Charles University. Until his premature death in 1990 he was active in mathematical-physics research and teaching. He educated many excellent students. Pavel Exner graduated in 1969 from Charles University. From 1978 to 1990 he worked in Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, where he got his PhD and DSc degrees. After the return to Prague he headed a mathematical-physics group in the Nuclear Physics Institute of Academy of Sciences and became a professor of theoretical physics at Charles University. He authored over 150research papers to which more than thousand citations can be found. At present he is a vice president of European Mathematical Society and secretary of IUPAP commission for mathematical physics. Miloslav Havlícek graduated in 1961 from Czech Technical University; he got his PhD from Charles University and DSc at Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna. He wrote numerous papers on algebraic methods in quantum physics. From 1990 he served repeatedly as dean of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering and head of the Department of Mathematics.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563961423
• ISBN 13: 9781563961427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 612