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An Introduction to Quantum Theory Keith Hannabuss (Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Balliol College, Oxford)

An Introduction to Quantum Theory By Keith Hannabuss (Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Balliol College, Oxford)

Summary

This book provides an introduction to quantum theory primarily for mathematics students, and is based on the sort of material usually covered in the first two years of undergraduate algebra. It includes more mathematical detail than is common in introductory books at this level and covers some more advanced topics.

An Introduction to Quantum Theory Summary

An Introduction to Quantum Theory by Keith Hannabuss (Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Balliol College, Oxford)

This book provides an introduction to quantum theory primarily for students of mathematics. Although the approach is mainly traditional the discussion exploits ideas of linear algebra, and points out some of the mathematical subtleties of the theory. Amongst the less traditional topics are Bell's inequalities, coherent and squeezed states, and introductions to group representation theory. Later chapters discuss relativistic wave equations and elementary particle symmetries from a group theoretical standpoint rather than the customary Lie algebraic approach. This book is intended for the later years of an undergraduate course or for graduates. It assumes a knowledge of basic linear algebra and elementary group theory, though for convenience these are also summarized in an appendix.

An Introduction to Quantum Theory Reviews

Students who master the contents of this book as undergraduates would have considerable advantages over many of their contemporaries. * New Scientist, 11 October 1997 *
This book is very well written and the presentation is lucid. It can be recommended to its intended readership * Aslib Book Guide *
Although the author claims that his treatment is less than rigorous, it is considerably more advanced than that taught to many undergraduates...........Students who master the contents of this book as undergraduates would have considerable advantages over many of their contemporaries if they moved on to research in theoretical or mathematical physics * Nature *

Table of Contents

Preface ; Introduction ; Wave mechanics ; Quadratic and linear potentials ; The hydrogen atom ; Scattering and tunnelling ; The mathematical structure of quantum theory ; The commutation relations ; Angular momentum ; Symmetry in quantum theory ; Measurements and paradoxes ; Alternative formulations of quantum theory ; Stationary perturbation theory ; Iterative perturbation theory ; Variational methods ; The semi-classical approximation ; Systems of several particles ; Relativistic wave equation ; Dirac particles in electromagnetic fields ; Symmetries of elementary particles ; A review of linear algebra and groups ; Open systems

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NLS9781846280207
9780198537946
0198537948
An Introduction to Quantum Theory by Keith Hannabuss (Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Billmeir Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics, Balliol College, Oxford)
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Oxford University Press
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