Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum TheoryCourier Corporation, 26.04.2012 - 224 Seiten Concentrating upon applications that are most relevant to modern physics, this valuable book surveys variational principles and examines their relationship to dynamics and quantum theory. Stressing the history and theory of these mathematical concepts rather than the mechanics, the authors provide many insights into the development of quantum mechanics and present much hard-to-find material in a remarkably lucid, compact form. |
Inhalt
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5 The Equations of Lagrange and Hamilton | 24 |
6 Hamiltons Principle and the HamiltonJacobi Equation | 41 |
7 Contact Transformations and Hamiltons Canonical Equations | 81 |
9 Resume of Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics | 147 |
11 Variational Principles and Wave Mechanics | 201 |
13 Variational Principles in Hydrodynamics | 242 |
The Significance of Variational Principles in Natural | 318 |
References | 338 |
Variational Principles and Chemical Reactions | 353 |
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Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum Theory Wolfgang Yourgrau,Stanley Mandelstam Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1979 |