Description: Product InformationA historical and theoretical survey of variational principles and their relationship to dynamics and quantum theory. Topics include Hamilton's principle, Hamilton-Jacobi equation, relationship to quantum theory and wave mechanics, and principles of Feynman and Schwinger. For professional physicists, mathematicians and advanced students. Appendices. Index.Product IdentifiersPublisherDover Publications, IncorporatedISBN-100486637735ISBN-139780486637730eBay Product ID (ePID)1137245Product Key FeaturesAuthorWolfgang Yourgrau, Stanley MandelstamPublication NameVariational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum TheoryFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishFeaturesReprintPublication Year2011SeriesDover Books ON Physics Ser.TypeTextbookNumber of Pages224 PagesDimensionsItem Length8.3in.Item Width5.6in.Item Weight9.6 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberQc174.17.V35Edition DescriptionReprintEdition Number3Table of ContentPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition 1 Prolegomena 2 Fermat's Principle of Least Time3 The Principle of Least Action of Maupertuis 4 The Development of this Principle by Euler and Lagrange5 The Equations of Lagrange and Hamilton 6 Hamilton's Principle and the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation7 Contact Transformations and Hamilton's Canonical Equations 8 Electrodynamics in Hamiltonian Form9 Résumé of Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics 10 Relation between Variational Principles and the Older Form of Quantum Theory11 Variational Principles and Wave Mechanics 12 The Principles of Feynman and Schwinger in Quantum Mechanics13 Variational Principles in Hydrodynamics14 The Significance of Variational Principles in Natural Philosophy REFERENCESGENERAL REFERENCES APPENDIX 1. Proof of the Euler-Lagrange Conditions for an Integral to be Stationary APPENDIX 2. Variational Principles and Chemical Reactions IndexCopyright Date1979Target AudienceCollege AudienceTopicPhysics / Quantum Theory, Physics / GeneralLccn78-073521Dewey Decimal530.1Dewey Edition22GenreScience
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Book title: Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum Theory Dover Book
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Name: Variational Principles in Dynamics and Quantum Theory
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Subject: Physics / Quantum Theory, Physics / General
Publication Year: 2011
Features: Reprint
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Stanley Mandelstam, Wolfgang Yourgrau
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Science
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Dover Books on Physics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
