Quantum Mathematical Physics: A Bridge between Mathematics and Physics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319269003 ISBN 13: 9783319269009

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2016

Synopsis

Quantum physics has been highly successful for more than 90 years. Nevertheless, a rigorous construction of interacting quantum field theory is still missing. Moreover, it is still unclear how to combine quantum physics and general relativity in a unified physical theory. Attacking these challenging problems of contemporary physics requires highly advanced mathematical methods as well as radically new physical concepts.

This book presents different physical ideas and mathematical approaches in this direction. It contains a carefully selected cross-section of lectures which took place in autumn 2014 at the sixth conference ``Quantum Mathematical Physics - A Bridge between Mathematics and Physics'' in Regensburg, Germany. In the tradition of the other proceedings covering this series of conferences, a special feature of this book is the exposition of a wide variety of approaches, with the intention to facilitate a comparison.

The book is mainly addressed to mathematicians and physicists who are interested in fundamental questions of mathematical physics. It allows the reader to obtain a broad and up-to-date overview of a fascinating active research area.

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About the Author

Felix Finster Professor of Mathematics at the University of Regensburg working mainly on mathematical problems in general relativity and quantum theory. Jürgen Tolksdorf is Privatdozent in Mathematics at the Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig. Eberhard Zeidler was Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig and is Honorary Professor of Mathematics at the University of Leipzig.

From the Back Cover

Quantum physics has been highly successful for more than 90 years. Nevertheless, a rigorous construction of interacting quantum field theory is still missing. Moreover, it is still unclear how to combine quantum physics and general relativity in a unified physical theory. Attacking these challenging problems of contemporary physics requires highly advanced mathematical methods as well as radically new physical concepts.

This book presents different physical ideas and mathematical approaches in this direction. It contains a carefully selected cross-section of lectures which took place in autumn 2014 at the sixth conference ``Quantum Mathematical Physics - A Bridge between Mathematics and Physics'' in Regensburg, Germany. In the tradition of the other proceedings covering this series of conferences, a special feature of this book is the exposition of a wide variety of approaches, with the intention to facilitate a comparison.

The book is mainly addressed to mathematicians and physicists who are interested in fundamental questions of mathematical physics. It allows the reader to obtain a broad and up-to-date overview of a fascinating active research area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319269003
• ISBN 13: 9783319269009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 518
• Editor: Finster Felix, Kleiner Johannes, Röken Christian, Tolksdorf Jürgen