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And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. Genesis 1,3 Light is not only the basis of our biological existence, but also an essential source of our knowledge about the physical laws of nature, ranging from the seventeenth century geometrical optics up to the twentieth century theory of general relativity and quantum electrodynamics. Folklore Don’t give us numbers: give us insight! A contemporary natural scientist to a mathematician The present book is the second volume of a comprehensive introduction to themathematicalandphysicalaspectsofmodernquantum?eldtheorywhich comprehends the following six volumes: Volume I: Basics in Mathematics and Physics Volume II: Quantum Electrodynamics Volume III: Gauge Theory Volume IV: Quantum Mathematics Volume V: The Physics of the Standard Model Volume VI: Quantum Gravitation and String Theory. It is our goal to build a bridge between mathematicians and physicists based on the challenging question about the fundamental forces in • macrocosmos (the universe) and • microcosmos (the world of elementary particles). The six volumes address a broad audience of readers, including both und- graduate and graduate students, as well as experienced scientists who want to become familiar with quantum ?eld theory, which is a fascinating topic in modern mathematics and physics.

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Author:   Eberhard Zeidler
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.847kg
ISBN:  

9783540853763

ISBN 10:   3540853766
Pages:   1101
Publication Date:   25 September 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Prologue.- Mathematical Principles of Modern Natural Philosophy.- The Basic Strategy of Extracting Finite Information from Infinities – Ariadne’s Thread in Renormalization Theory.- The Power of Combinatorics.- The Strategy of Equivalence Classes in Mathematics.- Basic Ideas in Classical Mechanics.- Geometrical Optics.- The Principle of Critical Action and the Harmonic Oscillator – Ariadne’s Thread in Classical Mechanics.- Basic Ideas in Quantum Mechanics.- Quantization of the Harmonic Oscillator – Ariadne’s Thread in Quantization.- Quantum Particles on the Real Line – Ariadne’s Thread in Scattering Theory.- A Glance at General Scattering Theory.- Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).- Creation and Annihilation Operators.- The Basic Equations in Quantum Electrodynamics.- The Free Quantum Field of Electrons, Positrons, and Photons.- The Interacting Quantum Field, and the Magic Dyson Series for the S-Matrix.- The Beauty of Feynman Diagrams in QED.- Applications to Physical Effects.- Renormalization.- The Continuum Limit.- Radiative Corrections of Lowest Order.- A Glance at Renormalization to all Orders of Perturbation Theory.- Perspectives.

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"From the reviews: ""This book is the second volume of an impressive monograph that provides introductory accounts of important topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. It combines theories and applications to demonstrate how the rigorous mathematical point of view helps to clarify and answer questions arising in quantum field theory with a special emphasis on QED. … Supplemented with an extensive bibliography and historical remarks and citations, this is in my perspective a perfect book for mathematicians and physicists … ."" (Gert Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1155, 2009) “It is very valuable to allow mathematicians to learn about one of the most successful physical theories, and … bring more mathematical approaches to QFT under the attention of physicists. … the book has a very rich up-to-date bibliography, hints for further reading closing each chapter and many historical remarks and quotes. … Quantum field theory. II. Quantum electrodynamics does a great job in guiding the interested reader through the literature … at the same time giving an overview of many aspects of quantum electrodynamics.” (Walter D. van Suijlekom, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 a) “The book by Zeidler … is the second volume of a projected six-volume treatise on quantum field theory. The present volume is on quantum electrodynamics … . The book under review treats so many topics that the reader feels like a tourist on a package tour that visits 19 countries in 5 days, neglecting not a single monument or picture gallery.” (William G. Faris, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (2), 2010)"

From the reviews: This book is the second volume of an impressive monograph that provides introductory accounts of important topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. It combines theories and applications to demonstrate how the rigorous mathematical point of view helps to clarify and answer questions arising in quantum field theory with a special emphasis on QED. ! Supplemented with an extensive bibliography and historical remarks and citations, this is in my perspective a perfect book for mathematicians and physicists ! . (Gert Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1155, 2009) It is very valuable to allow mathematicians to learn about one of the most successful physical theories, and ! bring more mathematical approaches to QFT under the attention of physicists. ! the book has a very rich up-to-date bibliography, hints for further reading closing each chapter and many historical remarks and quotes. ! Quantum field theory. II. Quantum electrodynamics does a great job in guiding the interested reader through the literature ! at the same time giving an overview of many aspects of quantum electrodynamics. (Walter D. van Suijlekom, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 a)

From the reviews: This book is the second volume of an impressive monograph that provides introductory accounts of important topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. It combines theories and applications to demonstrate how the rigorous mathematical point of view helps to clarify and answer questions arising in quantum field theory with a special emphasis on QED. ... Supplemented with an extensive bibliography and historical remarks and citations, this is in my perspective a perfect book for mathematicians and physicists ... . (Gert Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1155, 2009) It is very valuable to allow mathematicians to learn about one of the most successful physical theories, and ... bring more mathematical approaches to QFT under the attention of physicists. ... the book has a very rich up-to-date bibliography, hints for further reading closing each chapter and many historical remarks and quotes. ... Quantum field theory. II. Quantum electrodynamics does a great job in guiding the interested reader through the literature ... at the same time giving an overview of many aspects of quantum electrodynamics. (Walter D. van Suijlekom, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 a) The book by Zeidler ... is the second volume of a projected six-volume treatise on quantum field theory. The present volume is on quantum electrodynamics ... . The book under review treats so many topics that the reader feels like a tourist on a package tour that visits 19 countries in 5 days, neglecting not a single monument or picture gallery. (William G. Faris, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (2), 2010)

From the reviews: This book is the second volume of an impressive monograph that provides introductory accounts of important topics in mathematical physics for graduate students and research workers. It combines theories and applications to demonstrate how the rigorous mathematical point of view helps to clarify and answer questions arising in quantum field theory with a special emphasis on QED. ... Supplemented with an extensive bibliography and historical remarks and citations, this is in my perspective a perfect book for mathematicians and physicists ... . (Gert Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1155, 2009) It is very valuable to allow mathematicians to learn about one of the most successful physical theories, and ... bring more mathematical approaches to QFT under the attention of physicists. ... the book has a very rich up-to-date bibliography, hints for further reading closing each chapter and many historical remarks and quotes. ... Quantum field theory. II. Quantum electrodynamics does a great job in guiding the interested reader through the literature ... at the same time giving an overview of many aspects of quantum electrodynamics. (Walter D. van Suijlekom, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2010 a) The book by Zeidler ... is the second volume of a projected six-volume treatise on quantum field theory. The present volume is on quantum electrodynamics ... . The book under review treats so many topics that the reader feels like a tourist on a package tour that visits 19 countries in 5 days, neglecting not a single monument or picture gallery. (William G. Faris, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (2), 2010)

Author Information

The author, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Zeidler, is retired director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig (Germany). In 1996 he was one of the founding directors of this institute. He is a member of the National Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina. In 2006 he was awarded the ""Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftspreis"" of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung. He is author of the following books: (a) E. Zeidler, Nonlinear Functional Analysis and its Applications, Vols. I-IV,Springer Verlag New York, 1984-1988 (third edition 1998). (b) E. Zeidler, Applied Functional Analysis, Vol. 1: Applications to Mathematical Physics, 2nd edition, 1997, Springer Verlag, New York. (c) E. Zeidler, Applied Functional Analysis, Vol. 2: Main Principles and Their Applications, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995. (d) E. Zeidler, Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics, Oxford University Press, 2004 (translated from German).

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