Variational Principles

Variational Principles
ISBN-10
0486150496
ISBN-13
9780486150499
Category
Mathematics
Pages
473
Language
English
Published
2013-02-20
Publisher
Courier Corporation
Author
B. L. Moiseiwitsch

Description

This graduate-level text's primary objective is to demonstrate the expression of the equations of the various branches of mathematical physics in the succinct and elegant form of variational principles (and thereby illuminate their interrelationship). Its related intentions are to show how variational principles may be employed to determine the discrete eigenvalues for stationary state problems and to illustrate how to find the values of quantities (such as the phase shifts) that arise in the theory of scattering. Chapter-by-chapter treatment consists of analytical dynamics; optics, wave mechanics, and quantum mechanics; field equations; eigenvalue problems; and scattering theory. 1966 edition. Bibliography. Index.

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