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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300414503321

Autore

Schwichtenberg Jakob

Titolo

Physics from Symmetry / / by Jakob Schwichtenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-19201-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 279 p. 31 illus., 17 illus. in color.)

Collana

Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics, , 2192-4791

Disciplina

539.725

Soggetti

Physics

Mathematical physics

Nuclear physics

Topological groups

Lie groups

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Mathematical Physics

Particle and Nuclear Physics

Topological Groups, Lie Groups

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Foundations -- Introduction -- Special Relativity -- Part II: Symmetry Tools -- Lie Group Theory -- The Framework -- Part III: The Equations of Nature -- Measuring Nature -- Free Theory -- Interaction Theory -- Part IV: Applications -- Quantum Mechanics -- Quantum Field Theory -- Classical Mechanics -- Electrodynamics -- Gravity -- Closing Words -- Part V: Appendices -- Vector Calculus -- Calculus -- Linear Algebra -- Additional Mathematical Notions.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a textbook that derives the fundamental theories of physics from symmetry.   It starts by introducing, in a completely self-contained way, all mathematical tools needed to use symmetry ideas in physics. Thereafter, these tools are put into action and by using symmetry constraints, the fundamental equations of Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, Electromagnetism, and Classical Mechanics are derived. As a result, the reader is able to understand the



basic assumptions behind, and the connections between the modern theories of physics. The book concludes with first applications of the previously derived equations.