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Record Nr.

UNINA9910741171903321

Autore

Sándor Biró Tamás

Titolo

Variational principles in physics : from classical to quantum realm / / Tamás Sándor Biró

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9783031278761

9783031278754

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Physics, , 2191-5431

Disciplina

530.15

Soggetti

Variational principles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Mechanics: geometry of orbits -- Gravity: the optimal curvature -- Electrodynamics: forces, fields, waves -- Quantum mechanics: the most classical non-classical theory.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an English translation from a Hungarian book designed for graduate and postgraduate students about the use of variational principles in theoretical physics. Unlike many academic textbooks, it dashes across several lecture disciplines taught in physics courses. It emphasizes and demonstrates the use of the variational technique and philosophy behind the basic laws in mechanics, relativity theory, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. The book is meant for advanced students and young researchers in theoretical physics but, also, more experienced researchers can benefit from its reading.