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Quantum mechanical books for mathematicians
I'm a mathematician. I have good knowledge of superior analysis, distribution theory, Hilbert spaces, Sobolev spaces, and applications to PDE theory. I also have good knowledge of differential ...
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Quantum mechanics for mathematicians
I'm looking for books about quantum mechanics (or related fields) that are written for mathematicians or are more mathematically inclined.
Of course, the field is very big so I'm in particular ...
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Books on Perturbation Methods
I am having problems finding descent books on perturbation methods. I am looking for a book which covers; asymptotic expansions, matched Asymptotic expansions, Laplace's Method, Method of steepest ...
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Mathematics needed in the study of Quantum Physics
As a 12th grade student , I'm currently acquainted with single variable calculus, algebra, and geometry, obviously on a high school level. I tried taking a Quantum Physics course on coursera.com, but ...
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Prerequisite for Takhtajan's "Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians"
I want to know the math that is required to read Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians by Takhtajan.
From the book preview on Google, I gather that algebra, topology, (differential) geometry and ...
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Baker Campbell Hausdorff formula for unbounded operators
Baker Campbell Hausdorff formula says that for elements $X,Y$ of a Lie algebra we have
$$e^Xe^Y=\exp(X+Y+\frac12[X,Y]+...),$$
which for $[X,Y]$ being central reduces to
$$e^Xe^Y=\exp(X+Y+\frac12[X,Y])....
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Book on periodic Schrödinger operators
I am looking for good books about the spectral theory of periodic (1-dimensional) Schrödinger operators on a compact interval.
A good reference I found was Reed/Simon Analysis of Operators (and a ...
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