Quantum Mechanics via Lie Algebras

Download or read book Quantum Mechanics via Lie Algebras written by Arnold Neumaier and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-10-07 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph introduces mathematicians, physicists, and engineers to the ideas relating quantum mechanics and symmetries - both described in terms of Lie algebras and Lie groups. The exposition of quantum mechanics from this point of view reveals that classical mechanics and quantum mechanics are very much alike. Written by a mathematician and a physicist, this book is (like a math book) about precise concepts and exact results in classical mechanics and quantum mechanics, but motivated and discussed (like a physics book) in terms of their physical meaning. The reader can focus on the simplicity and beauty of theoretical physics, without getting lost in a jungle of techniques for estimating or calculating quantities of interest.