Yourgrau, Wolfgang.
Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory Wolfgang Yourgrau and Stanley Mandelstam. - Dover edition. - xiii, 201 pages. illustrations 22 cm.
Originally published: 3rd ed. London : Pitman, 1968.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fermat´s Principle of Least Time -- The Priciple of Least Action of Maupertuis Lagrange -- The Equations of Lagrange and Hamilton -- Hamilton´s Principle and the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation -- Contact Transformations and Hamilton´s Canonical Equations -- Electrodinamics in Hamiltonian Form -- Résumé of Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics -- Variational Principles and Wave Mechanics -- The Principles of Feynman and Schwinger in Quantum Mechanics -- Variational Principles in Hydrodynamics Philosophy -- References --
0486458881 (pbk.)
2006051800
Variational principles.
Dynamics
Quantum theory
Principios variacionales
Teoria cuantica
Dinamica
Q172.5.V37 / Y68 2007
530.15 / Y887v
Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory Wolfgang Yourgrau and Stanley Mandelstam. - Dover edition. - xiii, 201 pages. illustrations 22 cm.
Originally published: 3rd ed. London : Pitman, 1968.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fermat´s Principle of Least Time -- The Priciple of Least Action of Maupertuis Lagrange -- The Equations of Lagrange and Hamilton -- Hamilton´s Principle and the Hamilton-Jacobi Equation -- Contact Transformations and Hamilton´s Canonical Equations -- Electrodinamics in Hamiltonian Form -- Résumé of Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics -- Variational Principles and Wave Mechanics -- The Principles of Feynman and Schwinger in Quantum Mechanics -- Variational Principles in Hydrodynamics Philosophy -- References --
0486458881 (pbk.)
2006051800
Variational principles.
Dynamics
Quantum theory
Principios variacionales
Teoria cuantica
Dinamica
Q172.5.V37 / Y68 2007
530.15 / Y887v