Classical And Quantum Dynamics From Classical Paths To Path Integrals - Walter Dittrich

Graduate Students Seeking To Become Familiar With Advanced Computational Strategies In Classical And Quantum Dynamics Will Find In This Book 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, To Name Just A Few Topics. Well-chosen And Detailed Examples Illustrate Perturbation Theory, Canonical Transformations And The Action Principle, And Demonstrate The Usage Of Path Integrals. The Sixth Edition Has Been Enlarged To Include The Heisenberg-euler Lagrangian, Schwinger's Source Theory Treatment Of The Low-energy P--n Physics And General Relativity, Where Riemann's (einstein's) Ideas On Space And Time And Their Philosophical Implications Are Discussed.