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Informationen zum Autor R. N. Sen was a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, and is now retired. His main research interests were the theory of symmetry of infinite quantum-mechanical systems and mathematical investigations into the relation between mathematics and physics, particularly the origins of the differentiable structure of space-time. He has taught a broad spectrum of courses on physics and mathematics, as well as demography. A life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, he has been a Gauss Professor in Göttingen and is also a member of the International Association for Mathematical Physics and the Israel Mathematical Union. Klappentext Introduces graduate students and researchers to mathematical physics, providing a mathematical discourse on the relation between theoretical and experimental physics. Zusammenfassung Introducing graduate students and researchers to mathematical physics! this book discusses two recent developments. Providing a mathematical discourse on the relation between theoretical and experimental physics! the book gives detailed accounts of the mathematically difficult measurement theories of von Neumann and Sewell. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue; Part I: Introduction to Part I; 1. Mathematical structures on sets of points; 2. Definition of causality on a structureless set; 3. The topology of ordered spaces; 4. Completions of ordered spaces; 5. Structures on order-complete spaces; Part II: Introduction to Part II; 6. Real numbers and classical measurements; 7. Special topics in quantum mechanics; 8. Von Neumann's theory of measurement; 9. Macroscopic observables in quantum physics; 10. Sewell's theory of measurement; 11. Summing-up; 12. Large quantum systems; Epilogue; Appendixes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: R N Sen, R. N. Sen, R. N. (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Sen, R.n. Sen, Rathindra Nath Sen, Sen R. N.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2010
• EAN: 9780521880541
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88054-1
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics; Cambridge Monographs on Mathem
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Mathematical physics, Statistical physics