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Classical covariant fields

By Mark Burgess

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521813638, 9780521813631, 0511019424, 9780511019425
Google Books ID
8k3NY53iMgsC
Open Library ID
OL7755460M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1814701 bytes)
Series
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Edition
1
Pages
551\551
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book discusses the classical foundations of field theory, using the language of variational methods and covariance. It explores the limits of what can be achieved with purely classical notions, and shows how these classical notions have a deep and important connection with the second quantized field theory, which follows on from the Schwinger Action Principle. Its pragmatic view of field theory focuses on issues which are usually omitted from quantum field theory texts and catalogs results which are often hard to find in the literature.

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