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The transition to chaos : conservative classical systems and quantum manifestations / Linda E. Reichl.
- Title
- The transition to chaos : conservative classical systems and quantum manifestations / Linda E. Reichl.
- Author
- Reichl, L. E.
- Publication
- New York : Springer, [2004], ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | Q172.5.C45 R45 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 675 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Institute for nonlinear science
- Uniform Title
- Institute for nonlinear science (Springer-Verlag)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. Overview -- 2. Fundamental concepts -- 3. Area-preserving maps -- 4. Global properties -- 5. Random matrix theory -- 6. Bounded quantum systems -- 7. Manifestations of chaos in quantum scattering processes -- 8. Semiclassical theory - path integrals -- 9. Time-periodic systems -- 10. Stochastic manifestations of chaos -- A. Classical mechanics -- B. Simple models -- C. Renormalization integral -- D. Moyal bracket -- E. Symmetries and the Hamiltonian matrix -- F. Invariant measures -- G. Quaternions -- H. Gaussian ensembles -- I. Circular ensembles -- J. Volume of invariant measure for unitary matrices -- K. Lorentzian ensembles -- L. Grassmann variables and supermatrices -- M. Average response function (GOE) -- N. Average S-matrix (GOE) -- O. Maxwell's equations for 2-d billiards -- P. Lloyd's model -- Q. Hydrogen in a constant electric field.
- ISBN
- 0387987886 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003062211
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries