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Geometry, topology, and physics. / Mikio Nakahara.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | Flat No.-17 , Prakash Apartment , 5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj , New Delhi.Series: Graduate student series in physicsPublication details: Bristol, England ; New York : Taylor & Francis , ©2003.Description: xxii,573p. :24cmISBN:
  • 9780750306065
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 516.36 NAK
Contents:
Quantum Physics -- Analytical mechanics -- Newtonian mechanics -- Lagrangian formalism -- Hamiltonian formalism -- Canonical quantization -- Hilbert space, bras and kets -- Axioms of canonical quantization -- Heisenberg equation, Heisenberg picture and Schrodinger picture -- Wavefunction -- Harmonic oscillator -- Path integral quantization of a Bose particle -- Path integral quantization -- Imaginary time and partition function -- Time-ordered product and generating functional -- Harmonic oscillator -- Transition amplitude -- Partition function -- Path integral quantization of a Fermi particle -- Fermionic harmonic oscillator -- Calculus of Grassmann numbers -- Differentiation -- Integration -- Delta-function -- Gaussian integral -- Functional derivative -- Complex conjugation -- Coherent states and completeness relation -- Partition function of a fermionic oscillator -- Quantization of a scalar field -- Free scalar field -- Interacting scalar field -- Quantization of a Dirac field -- Gauge theories -- Abelian gauge theories -- Non-Abelian gauge theories -- Higgs fields -- Magnetic monopoles -- Dirac monopole -- The Wu-Yang monopole -- Charge quantization -- Instantons -- The (anti- )self-dual solution -- Mathematical Preliminaries -- Equivalence relation and equivalence class -- Vector spaces -- Vectors and vector spaces -- Linear maps, images and kernels -- Dual vector space -- Inner product and adjoint -- Tensors -- Topological spaces -- Continuous maps -- Neighbourhoods and Hausdorff spaces -- Closed set.
Summary: This book introduces several current mathematical methods to postgraduate students of theoretical physics. This is achieved by presenting applications of the mathematics to physics, high-energy physics, general relativity and condensed matter physics.
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Quantum Physics --
Analytical mechanics --
Newtonian mechanics --
Lagrangian formalism --
Hamiltonian formalism --
Canonical quantization --
Hilbert space, bras and kets --
Axioms of canonical quantization --
Heisenberg equation, Heisenberg picture and Schrodinger picture --
Wavefunction --
Harmonic oscillator --
Path integral quantization of a Bose particle --
Path integral quantization --
Imaginary time and partition function --
Time-ordered product and generating functional --
Harmonic oscillator --
Transition amplitude --
Partition function --
Path integral quantization of a Fermi particle --
Fermionic harmonic oscillator --
Calculus of Grassmann numbers --
Differentiation --
Integration --
Delta-function --
Gaussian integral --
Functional derivative --
Complex conjugation --
Coherent states and completeness relation --
Partition function of a fermionic oscillator --
Quantization of a scalar field --
Free scalar field --
Interacting scalar field --
Quantization of a Dirac field --
Gauge theories --
Abelian gauge theories --
Non-Abelian gauge theories --
Higgs fields --
Magnetic monopoles --
Dirac monopole --
The Wu-Yang monopole --
Charge quantization --
Instantons --
The (anti- )self-dual solution --
Mathematical Preliminaries --
Equivalence relation and equivalence class --
Vector spaces --
Vectors and vector spaces --
Linear maps, images and kernels --
Dual vector space --
Inner product and adjoint --
Tensors --
Topological spaces --
Continuous maps --
Neighbourhoods and Hausdorff spaces --
Closed set.

This book introduces several current mathematical methods to postgraduate students of theoretical physics. This is achieved by presenting applications of the mathematics to physics, high-energy physics, general relativity and condensed matter physics.

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