The Reasoning of Quantum Mechanics - Operator Theory and the Harmonic Oscillator

This Second Edition presents and details the process of quantization of a classical mechanical system in a relevant physical system, the harmonic oscillator. As mathematics and physics are inextricably interwoven in quantum theories, the author takes a mathematically rigorous approach.  The book focuses on properties of the quantum system that can be observed and measured, and the author then interprets the resulting theory. The book covers methods of operator theory in the formulation of the theory as well as in the calculation of the consequences of the theory. The author addresses the mathematical foundation of the probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics through the spectral theorems for (densely-defined and linear) self-adjoint operators in complex Hilbert spaces. The book also explains the measurement process and questions the challenges of the wave function, the EPR paradox, and Bell's inequality. 

List of contents

Introduction.- The Classical Mechanical System.- The Corresponding Quantum System.- Conclusion.

About the author

Horst R. Beyer, Ph.D., is currently affiliated with the University of Tuebingen Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Theoretical Astrophysics Division. Dr. Beyer has written 7 books and 39 published articles. His research interests include mathematical physics, in particular the applications of operator theory in quantum field theory, general relativity, astrophysics, and the engineering sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Horst R Beyer, Horst R. Beyer
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.10.2024
• EAN: 9783031705090
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3170509-0
• No. of pages: 98
• Illustrations: X, 98 p. 22 illus., 20 illus. in color.
• Series: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Analysis, Mathematische Physik, Mathematische Analysis, allgemein, Funktionalanalysis und Abwandlungen, Komplexe Analysis, komplexe Variablen, Funktionentheorie, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Quantum Physics, Mathematical physics, Abstract Harmonic Analysis, Operator Theory, Quantum theory, quantum mechanics, Vector spaces, Hilbert Spaces, Harmonic Oscillator, Spectral Measures, self-adjoint operators