From Classical to Quantum Mechanics : An Introduction to the Formalism, Foundations and Applications (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. From Classical to Wave Mechanics: 1. Experimental foundations of quantum theory; 2. Classical dynamics; 3. Wave equations; 4. Wave mechanics; 5. Applications of wave mechanics; 6. Introduction to spin; 7. Perturbation theory; 8. Scattering theory; Part II. Weyl Quantization and Algebraic Methods: 9. Weyl quantization; 10. Harmonic oscillators and quantum optics; 11. Angular momentum operators; 12. Algebraic methods for eigenvalue problems; 13. From density matrix to geometric phases; Part III. Selected Topics: 14. From classical to quantum statistical mechanics; 15. Lagrangian and phase-space formulations; 16. Dirac equation and no-interaction theorem; References; Index.