This collection of papers - starting with a brilliant review article by one of the masters of the field - gives an excellent view of our present knowledge of matter. Partially basing his work on a variational formulation of quantum mechanics E.H. Lieb links the difficult question of stability of matter with deep problems of functional analysis. In this collection the reader will find general results together with deep insights into quantum systems combined in papers on the structure of atoms and molecules, on the thermodynamics limit, and on stellar structure. The book is suitable as an accompanying text for a graduate course in quantum mechanics.

The Stability of Matter: From Atoms to Stars : Selecta of Elliott H. Lieb

History

Thirring, Walter E.

Europe

SPRINGER @ NY INC

The last decade has seen a considerable renaissance in the realm of classical dynamical systems, and many things that may have appeared mathematically overly sophisticated at the time of the first appearance of this textbook have since become the everyday tools of working physicists. This new edition is intended to take this development into account. I have also tried to make the book more readable and to eradicate errors. Since the first edition already contained plenty of material for a one­ semester course, new material was added only when some of the original could be dropped or simplified. Even so, it was necessary to expand the chap­ ter with the proof of the K-A-M Theorem to make allowances for the cur­ rent trend in physics. This involved not only the use of more refined mathe­ matical tools, but also a reevaluation of the word "fundamental. " What was earlier dismissed as a grubby calculation is now seen as the consequence of a deep principle. Even Kepler's laws, which determine the radii of the planetary orbits, and which used to be passed over in silence as mystical nonsense, seem to point the way to a truth unattainable by superficial observation: The ratios of the radii of Platonic solids to the radii of inscribed Platonic solids are irrational, but satisfy algebraic equations of lower order.

A course in mathematical physics

Science & Math

Physics

Springer, Verlag

A Course in Mathematical Physics: Quantum Mechanics of Large Systems

Principles of quantum electrodynamics (Pure and applied physics)

Academic Press

<p>This collection of papers -- starting with a brilliant article by one of the masters of the field -- gives an excellent current review of our knowledge of matter. Partially basing his work on a variational formulation of quantum mechanics, E.H. Lieb links the difficult question of the stability of matter with important problems in functional analysis. In this collection the reader will find general results together with deep insights into quantum systems combined with papers on the structure of atoms and molecules, the thermodynamic limit, and stellar structures. The book is suitable as an accompanying text for a graduate course in quantum mechanics. In this new edition two new sections have been added: Section 7 contains papers on quantum electrodynamics, and Section 8 on Boson systems.</p>

The Stability of Matter: From Atoms to Stars: Selecta of Elliot H. Lieb

Lieb, Elliott H.

Astronomy & Space Science

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