The Transition to Chaos: Conservative Classical Systems and Quantum Manifestations (Institute for Nonlinear Science) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Transition to Chaos: Conservative Classical Systems and Quantum Manifestations (Institute for Nonlinear Science) Book

Based on courses given at the universities of Texas in Austin, and California in San Diego, this book treats an active fields of research that touches upon the foundations of physics and chemistry. It presents, in as simple a manner as possible, the basic mechanisms that determine the dynamical evolution of both classical and quantum systems in sufficient generality to include quantum phenomena. The book begins with a discussion of Noether's theorem, integrability, KAM theory, and a definition of chaotic behavior; it continues with a detailed discussion of area-preserving maps, integrable quantum systems, spectral properties, path integrals, and periodically driven systems; and it concludes by showing how to apply the ideas to stochastic systems. The presentation is complete and self-contained; appendices provide much of the needed mathematical background, and there are extensive references to the current literature. Problems at the ends of chapters help students clarify their understanding. In this new edition, the presentation will be brought up to date throughout, and a new chapter on open quantum systems will be added.Read More

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  • 0387987886
  • 9780387987880
  • Linda E. Reichl
  • 17 June 2004
  • Springer
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 675
  • 2nd ed.
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