An Introduction to Quantum Stochastic Calculus

Parthasarathy, K.R.

ISBN 10: 3764326972 / ISBN 13: 9783764326975

Published by Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland, 1992

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290pp.incl.index; HB green w/white&purple; some rub w/heavy wear, bttm.edges; clean,tight pgs. DJ green w/white&purple; slight rub. Monographs in Mathematics Vol. 85.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Quantum Stochastic Calculus
• Publisher: Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764326972
• ISBN 13: 9783764326975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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"Elegantly written, with obvious appreciation for fine points of higher mathematics...most notable is [the] author's effort to weave classical probability theory into [a] quantum framework." - The American Mathematical Monthly "This is an excellent volume which will be a valuable companion both for those who are already active in the field and those who are new to it. Furthermore there are a large number of stimulating exercises scattered through the text which will be invaluable to students." - Mathematical Reviews An Introduction to Quantum Stochastic Calculus aims to deepen our understanding of the dynamics of systems subject to the laws of chance both from the classical and the quantum points of view and stimulate further research in their unification. This is probably the first systematic attempt to weave classical probability theory into the quantum framework and provides a wealth of interesting features: The origin of Ito's correction formulae for Brownian motion and the Poisson process can be traced to communication relations or, equivalently, the uncertainty principle. Quantum stochastic interpretation enables the possibility of seeing new relationships between fermion and boson fields. Quantum dynamical semigroups as well as classical Markov semigroups are realized through unitary operator evolutions. The text is almost self-contained and requires only an elementary knowledge of operator theory and probability theory at the graduate level.