Functional methods in quantum field theory and statistical physics / A.N. Vasiliev ; translated from the Russian by Patricia A. Mallard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasilʹev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich)

Contributor:

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Funktsionalʹnye metody v kvantovoĭ teoriĭ poli͡a i statistike. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Functional analysis.

Quantum field theory.

Quantum statistics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 312 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, [1998]

Summary:

Providing a systematic introduction to the techniques which are fundamental to quantum field theory, this book pays special attention to the use of these techniques in a wide variety of areas, including ordinary quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics in the second-quantized formulation, relativistic quantum field theory, Euclidean field theory, quantum statistics at finite temperature, and the classical statistics of nonideal gas and spin systems. The extended chapter on variational methods and functional Legendre transformations contains completely original material.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

9056990357

OCLC:

39632571