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- catalog abstract "A historical and theoretical survey of variational principles and their relationship to dynamics and quantum theory. Topics include Hamilton's principle, Hamilton-Jacobi equation, relationship to quantum theory and wave mechanics, and principles of Feynman and Schwinger. For professional physicists, mathematicians and advanced students.".
- catalog contributor b1259932.
- catalog contributor b1259933.
- catalog contributor b1259934.
- catalog created "1968.".
- catalog date "1968".
- catalog date "1968.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1968.".
- catalog description "A historical and theoretical survey of variational principles and their relationship to dynamics and quantum theory. Topics include Hamilton's principle, Hamilton-Jacobi equation, relationship to quantum theory and wave mechanics, and principles of Feynman and Schwinger. For professional physicists, mathematicians and advanced students.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies.".
- catalog description "Prolegomena -- Fermat's principle of least time -- The principle of least action of Maupertuis -- The development of this principle by Euler and Lagrange -- The equations of Lagrange and Hamilton -- Hamilton's principle and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation -- Contact transformations and Hamilton's canonical equations -- Electrodynamics in Hamiltonian form -- Résumé of variational principles in classical mechanics -- Relation between variational principles and the older form of quantum theory -- Variational principles and wave mechanics -- The principles of Feynman and Schwinger in quantum mechanics -- Variational principles in hydrodynamics -- The significance of variational principles in natural philosophy -- Appendix 1. Proof of the Euler-Lagrange conditions for an integral to be stationary -- Appendix 2. Variational principles and chemical reactions.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 201 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory.".
- catalog issued "1968".
- catalog issued "1968.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia, Saunders,".
- catalog relation "Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory.".
- catalog subject "Dynamics of a particle.".
- catalog subject "Physics Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QC6 .Y6 1968b".
- catalog subject "Quantum theory.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prolegomena -- Fermat's principle of least time -- The principle of least action of Maupertuis -- The development of this principle by Euler and Lagrange -- The equations of Lagrange and Hamilton -- Hamilton's principle and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation -- Contact transformations and Hamilton's canonical equations -- Electrodynamics in Hamiltonian form -- Résumé of variational principles in classical mechanics -- Relation between variational principles and the older form of quantum theory -- Variational principles and wave mechanics -- The principles of Feynman and Schwinger in quantum mechanics -- Variational principles in hydrodynamics -- The significance of variational principles in natural philosophy -- Appendix 1. Proof of the Euler-Lagrange conditions for an integral to be stationary -- Appendix 2. Variational principles and chemical reactions.".
- catalog title "Variational principles in dynamics and quantum theory [by] Wolfgang Yourgrau [and] Stanley Mandelstam.".
- catalog type "text".