Classical and Quantum Dynamics: from Classical Paths to Path Integrals - Softcover

Dittrich, Walter; Reuter, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540562451 ISBN 13: 9783540562450

Publisher: Springer, 2001

Synopsis

Graduate students wishing to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find in the one source both the fundamentals of a standard course as well as a detailed treatment of the time-dependent oscillator, Chern-Simons mechanics, the Maslov anomaly and the Berry phase, illustrated by many worked examples throughout the text. This second edition has been enlarged with a new chapter on topological phases in planar electrodynamics, and a discussion of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.

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Graduate students who want to become familiar with advanced computational strategies in classical and quantum dynamics will find here both the fundamentals of a standard course and a detailed treatment of the time-dependent oscillator, Chern-Simons mechanics, the Maslov anomaly and the Berry phase, together with many worked examples throughout the text. This second edition has been enlarged by a new chapter on topological phases in planar electrodynamics and a discussion of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540562451
• ISBN 13: 9783540562450
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 370