E-Book, Englisch, 111 Seiten
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Physics
Pastras The Weierstrass Elliptic Function and Applications in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-59385-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A Primer for Advanced Undergraduates
E-Book, Englisch, 111 Seiten
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Physics
ISBN: 978-3-030-59385-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The field of elliptic functions, apart from its own mathematical beauty, has many applications in physics in a variety of topics, such as string theory or integrable systems. This book, which focuses on the Weierstrass theory of elliptic functions, aims at senior undergraduate and junior graduate students in physics or applied mathematics. Supplemented by problems and solutions, it provides a fast, but thorough introduction to the mathematical theory and presents some important applications in classical and quantum mechanics. Elementary applications, such as the simple pendulum, help the readers develop physical intuition on the behavior of the Weierstrass elliptic and related functions, whereas more Interesting and advanced examples, like the n=1 Lamé problem-a periodic potential with an exactly solvable band structure, are also presented.
