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Principles of discrete time mechanics / George Jaroszkiewicz, University of Nottingham.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physicsPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107034297
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 530.12 22 JAR
Contents:
The physics of discreteness -- The road to calculus -- Temporal discretization -- Discrete time dynamics architecture -- Some models -- Classical cellular automata -- The action sum -- Worked examples -- Lee's approach to discrete time mechanics -- Elliptic billiards -- The construction of system functions -- The classical discrete time oscillator -- Type 2 temporal discretization -- Discrete time quantum mechanics -- The quantized discrete time oscillator -- Path integrals -- Quantum encoding -- Discrete time classical field equations -- The discrete time Schrodinger equation -- The discrete time Klein-Gordon equation -- The discrete time Dirac equation -- Discrete time Maxwell's equations -- The discrete time Skyrme model -- Discrete time quantum field theory -- Interacting discrete time scalar fields -- Space, time and gravitation -- Causality and observation -- Concluding remarks.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The physics of discreteness -- The road to calculus -- Temporal discretization -- Discrete time dynamics architecture -- Some models -- Classical cellular automata -- The action sum -- Worked examples -- Lee's approach to discrete time mechanics -- Elliptic billiards -- The construction of system functions -- The classical discrete time oscillator -- Type 2 temporal discretization -- Discrete time quantum mechanics -- The quantized discrete time oscillator -- Path integrals -- Quantum encoding -- Discrete time classical field equations -- The discrete time Schrodinger equation -- The discrete time Klein-Gordon equation -- The discrete time Dirac equation -- Discrete time Maxwell's equations -- The discrete time Skyrme model -- Discrete time quantum field theory -- Interacting discrete time scalar fields -- Space, time and gravitation -- Causality and observation -- Concluding remarks.

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