Mathematical & Computational

Have you ever wondered why the language of modern physics centres on geometry? Or how quantum operators and Dirac brackets work? What a convolution really is? What tensors are all about? Or what field theory and lagrangians are, and why gravity is...

Quantum field theory is the application of quantum mechanics to systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom. This 2007 textbook presents quantum field theoretical applications to systems out of equilibrium. It introduces the real-time approach to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486780450Author Peter B. KahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Rotating black holes, as described by the Kerr space-time, are the key to understanding the most violent and energetic phenomena in the Universe, from the core collapse of massive supernova explosions producing powerful bursts of gamma rays, to...

Effective field theories are a widely used tool in various branches of physics. This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the foundations and fundamentals of effective field theories of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the light quark sector with...

An introductory text book for graduates and advanced undergraduates on group representation theory. It emphasizes group theory's role as the mathematical framework for describing symmetry properties of classical and quantum mechanical systems.Familiarity...

A core principle of physics is knowledge gained from data. Thus, deep learning has instantly entered physics and may become a new paradigm in basic and applied research.This textbook addresses physics students and physicists who want to understand what...

Complex networks datasets often come with the problem of missing information: interactions data that have not been measured or discovered, may be affected by errors, or are simply hidden because of privacy issues. This Element provides an overview of the...

The pioneering work of Edwin T. Jaynes in the field of statistical physics, quantum optics, and probability theory has had a significant and lasting effect on the study of many physical problems, ranging from fundamental theoretical questions through to...

This book provides a comprehensive and self-contained overview of recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, in particular, the discovery of fluctuation relations and other time-reversal symmetry relations. The significance of these...

The authors aim to reinstate a spirit of philosophical enquiry in physics. They abandon the intuitive continuum concepts and build up constructively a combinatorial mathematics of process. This radical change alone makes it possible to calculate the...

Back in 1982, Edward Witten noticed that classical problems of differential geometry and differential topology such as the de Rham complex and Morse theory can be described in a very simple and transparent way using the language of supersymmetric quantum...

The standard cosmological picture of our Universe emerging from a 'big bang' leaves open many fundamental questions which string theory, a unified theory of all forces of nature, should be able to answer. This 2007 text was the first dedicated to string...

The book gives a general introduction to classical theoretical physics, in the fields of mechanics, relativity and electromagnetism. It is analytical in approach and detailed in the derivations of physical consequences from the fundamental principles in...

Volume 1: From Brownian Motion to Renormalization and Lattice Gauge Theory. Volume 2: Strong Coupling, Monte Carlo Methods, Conformal Field Theory, and Random Systems. This two-volume work provides a comprehensive and timely survey of the application of...

This book discusses all three formalisms used in the study of finite temperature field theory, namely the imaginary time formalism, the closed time formalism and thermofield dynamics. In addition, the finite temperature description on an arbitrary path...

Giving a detailed overview of the subject, this book takes in the results and methods that have arisen since the term 'self-organised criticality' was coined twenty years ago. Providing an overview of numerical and analytical methods, from their...

Contemporary quantum field theory is mainly developed as quantization of classical fields. Therefore, classical field theory and its BRST extension is the necessary step towards quantum field theory. This book aims to provide a complete mathematical...

Dealing with all aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of complex physical systems encountered in condensed matter physics and statistical mechanics, this book provides an introduction to computer simulations in physics. The 5th edition contains extensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682806128Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 216g

The first book available that specifically supports A Level and post-16 Physics students learning essential maths skills needed for exam success. Written by senior examiners, this full-colour course companion reinforces all the maths skills and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032201689Author Shaaban KhalilFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 453g

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die numerische Physik anhand physikalischen Fragestellungen aus den Grundgebieten der Theoretischen Physik im Bachelor und lädt ein in Python mit den vorkommenden Problemparametern zu experimentieren. ...

This textbook provides a compendium of numerical methods to assist physics students and researchers in their daily work. It carefully considers error estimates, stability and convergence issues, the choice of optimal methods, and techniques to increase...

This book highlights the presentation of methods for studying oscillations under external periodic influence and random changes in parameters in dynamic systems with nonlinearities that have discontinuities and kinks. The analysis of dynamic systems is...

This book aims to present some recent results on Prandtl equations and MHD boundary layer equations.This book is essentially divided into two parts. Chapter 2 to 6 are the main part of the book, which presents the local or/and the global wellposedness ...

This textbook is based on lecture notes that the author delivered at Qiuzhen College (Tsinghua University), a Chinese institution known for its exceptionally talented mathematics students. The book's intended audience shapes its character. It introduces...

The goal of this book is to facilitate and stimulate cross-disciplinary research in the emerging paradigm of Medical Imaging. Especially this book is to focus on analysing and articulating proven and potential security measures to tightly secure Medical...

This book is an English translation of a classic collection of problems in mathematical methods of physics, which has been published multiple times in Russian and once in Spanish. Authored by professional theoretical physicists who have taught a course...

This course-based open access textbook delves into percolation theory, examining the physical properties of random media—materials characterized by varying sizes of holes and pores. The focus is on both the mathematical foundations and the computational...

Physikalische Aufgaben mit dem Computer zu lösen, ist eine zunehmend wichtige Kompetenz. Dieses Lehrbuch führt Sie durch alle erforderlichen Schritte, beginnend bei den Grundlagen von Computern über die Programmierung und Datenverarbeitung hin zu den...

This book explains geometric quantization from a physicist’s perspective. After presenting the general formalism, it delves into several examples reflecting current research interests in high-energy physics and condensed matter physics. Applications...

This textbook provides a full treatment of Linear Algebra devoted to undergraduate and graduate physics students. Although the mathematical level is similar to the corresponding mathematical textbooks in regard to definitions, propositions and proofs,...

This book presents the proceedings of the international conference Particle Systems and Partial Differential Equations X, which was held at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, from 2022. It includes papers on mathematical problems motivated by...

The book offers a pedagogical introduction to higher-spin gauge theories. These theories build upon fundamental gauge theories that are crucial for understanding core interactions. Electromagnetism and nuclear forces are associated with gauge fields of...

Mirror symmetry is one of the most exciting ideas in mathematics to emerge in the last two decades. It was introduced in physics as a duality between superconformal field theories. This book discusses this rapidly developing aspect of string theory.Book...

This graduate textbook covers the basic formalism of supergravity, as well as its modern applications, suitable for a focused first course. Assuming a working knowledge of quantum field theory, Part I gives the basic formalism, including on- and...

Dieses Lehrbuch in drei Bänden führt in die Standardinhalte der Vorlesungen über Theoretische Physik (klassische Mechanik, Elektrodynamik und Quanten- und Relativitätstheorie) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der speziellen Bedürfnisse von...

Steven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts, in his own words, on theoretical physics and cosmology, along with personal anecdotes and recollections of the people who helped shape his career. These memoirs of his life as a scientist and public figure...

Supersymmetry, strings and branes are believed to be the essential ingredients in a single unified consistent theory of physics. This book gives a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the theoretical foundations required for research in strings and...