Ludwig Faddeev Memorial Volume A Life In Mathematical Physics

Author : Ge Mo-lin,Niemi Antti,Phua Kok Khoo
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 636 pages
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Release : 2018-05-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813233874

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Ludwig Faddeev Memorial Volume: A Life In Mathematical Physics by Ge Mo-lin,Niemi Antti,Phua Kok Khoo Pdf

Ludwig Faddeev is widely recognized as one of the titans of 20th century mathematical physics. His fundamental contributions to scattering theory, quantum gauge theories, and the theory of classical and quantum completely integrable systems played a key role in shaping modern mathematical physics. Ludwig Faddeev's major achievements include the solution of the three-body problem in quantum mechanics, the mathematical formulation of quantum gauge theories and corresponding Feynman rules, Hamiltonian and algebraic methods in mathematical physics, with applications to gauge theories with anomalies, quantum systems with constraints and solitons, the discovery of the algebraic structure of classical and quantum integrable systems and quantum groups, and solitons with the topology of knots. Faddeev's name is imprinted in many areas of mathematics and theoretical physics, including "Faddeev's equations" and "Faddeev's Green function" in scattering theory, "Faddeev-Popov ghosts" and "Faddeev-Popov determinant" in gauge theories, "Gardner-Faddeev-Zakharov bracket" for the KdV equation, "Faddeev-Zamolodchikov algebra" in quantum integrable systems, "Faddeev-Reshetikhin-Takhtajan construction" in the theory of quantum groups, knotted solitons in the "Skyrme-Faddeev model" and many others. Ludwig Faddeev founded the St. Petersburg school of modern mathematical physics and distinguished himself by serving the mathematics community for over three decades including his leadership of the International Mathematical Union in the period of 1986-1990. He was conferred numerous prizes and memberships of prestigious institutions in recognition of the importance of his work. These include the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, the Dirac Medal, the Max Planck Medal, the Shaw Prize and the Lomonosov Gold Medal among others. A gathering of contributions from some of the biggest names in mathematics and physics, this volume serves as a tribute to this legendary figure. Volume contributors include: Fields medalist Sir Michael Atiyah, Jürg Fröhlich, Roman Jackiw, Vladimir Korepin, Nikita Nekrasov, André Neveu, Alexander M Polyakov, Samson Shatashvili, Fedor Smirnov as well as Nobel laureates Frank Wilczek and C N Yang. "Ludwig and I had been good friends since the early 1970s. We had overlapping interests in several areas of physics. He was very powerful mathematically. I had written in several places that he should have shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with 't Hooft and Veltman" C N Yang, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1997 in Seoul. Faddeev with Baxter and Yang. 2005 in Tsinghua University. Left to right: Faddeev, Yang, Niemi and Ge.

Author : Molin Ge,Antti J Niemi
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 596 pages
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Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814340960

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Fifty Years of Mathematical Physics by Molin Ge,Antti J Niemi Pdf

This unique volume summarizes with a historical perspective several of the major scientific achievements of Ludwig Faddeev, with a foreword by Nobel Laureate C N Yang. The volume that spans over fifty years of Faddeev's career begins where he started his own scientific research, in the subject of scattering theory and the three-body problem. It then continues to describe Faddeev's contributions to automorphic functions, followed by an extensive account of his many fundamental contributions to quantum field theory including his original article on ghosts with Popov. Faddeev's contributions to soliton theory and integrable models are then described, followed by a survey of his work on quantum groups. The final scientific section is devoted to Faddeev's contemporary research including articles on his long-term interest in constructing knotted solitons and understanding confinement. The volume concludes with his personal view on science and mathematical physics in particular.

Author : L D Faddeev
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 484 pages
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Release : 1995-10-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814500708

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40 Years in Mathematical Physics by L D Faddeev Pdf

This is a collection of Prof L D Faddeev's important lectures, papers and talks. Some of these have not been published before and some have, for the first time, been translated from Russian into English. The topics covered correspond to several distinctive and pioneering contributions of Prof Faddeev to modern mathematical physics: quantization of YangߝMills and Einstein gravitational fields, soliton theory, the many-dimensional inverse problem in potential scattering, the Hamiltonian approach to anomalies, and the theory of quantum integrable models. There are also two papers on more general aspects of the interrelations between physics and mathematics as well as an autobiographical essay. Contents:Perturbation Theory for Gauge-Invariant FieldsThe Feynman Integral for Singular LagrangiansCovariant Quantization of the Gravitational FieldQuantum Completely Integrable Models in Field TheoryFrom Integrable Models to Conformal Field Theory via Quantum GroupsHamiltonian Approach to the Theory of AnomaliesThe Energy Problem in Einstein's Theory of GravitationLagrangian Mechanics in Invariant FormEinstein and Several Contemporary Tendencies in the Theory of Elementary ParticlesA Mathematician's View of the Development of Physicsand other papers Readership: Mathematical physicists and mathematicians. keywords:Mathematical Physics;Theory of Gravitation “recommended to all interested in modern mathematical physics.” Mathematics Abstracts “I found this collection to be a very interesting one, and although it is not strictly a textbook or a monograph it can be a useful addition to one's library.” Mathematical Reviews

Author : Antti Niemi,Alfred Shapere,Kok Khoo Phua
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811255182

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Frank Wilczek: 50 Years Of Theoretical Physics by Antti Niemi,Alfred Shapere,Kok Khoo Phua Pdf

Frank Wilczek is one of the foremost theoretical physicists of the past half-century. He has made several fundamental contributions that shape our understanding of high energy physics, cosmology, condensed matter physics, and statistical physics. In all these fields his many discoveries continue to play a key role in shaping the direction of modern theoretical physics.Among Wilczek's major achievements is the discovery of asymptotic freedom, which predicts and explains the ultraviolet behavior of non-abelian gauge theories. The axion, which he co-discovered and named, has emerged as the prevalent candidate for explaining the origin of dark matter in the Universe. His invention of color-flavor locking explains chiral symmetry breaking in high density quantum chromodynamics. His introduction of fractional statistics and anyons are pivotal to our understanding of the fractional quantum Hall effect and form the building blocks of topological quantum computing. His invention of the time crystal concept has catalyzed extensive investigations of dynamical phases of physical systems.Frank Wilczek received the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of asymptotic freedom. He is also the recipient of several Prizes and honorary awards including the MacArthur Fellowship, the Lorentz Medal of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society, the High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society, and the King Faisal International Prize for Science of the King Faisal Foundation. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is also a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Sweden.He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT Center for Theoretical Physics. He also holds a professorship at Stockholm University, is a Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University, and is the founding director of the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute and Chief Scientist of the Wilczek Quantum Center at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.This volume serves as a tribute to Frank Wilczek's legendary scientific contributions, commemorating his 70th birthday and the first 50 years of his career as a theoretical physicist. The contributors include several of his PhD students, close collaborators, and both past and present colleagues.

Author : Helge Holden,Ragni Piene
Publisher : Springer
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-23
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319990286

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The Abel Prize 2013-2017 by Helge Holden,Ragni Piene Pdf

The book presents the winners of the Abel Prize in mathematics for the period 2013–17: Pierre Deligne (2013); Yakov G. Sinai (2014); John Nash Jr. and Louis Nirenberg (2015); Sir Andrew Wiles (2016); and Yves Meyer (2017). The profiles feature autobiographical information as well as a scholarly description of each mathematician’s work. In addition, each profile contains a Curriculum Vitae, a complete bibliography, and the full citation from the prize committee. The book also includes photos for the period 2003–2017 showing many of the additional activities connected with the Abel Prize. As an added feature, video interviews with the Laureates as well as videos from the prize ceremony are provided at an accompanying website (http://extras.springer.com/). This book follows on The Abel Prize: 2003-2007. The First Five Years (Springer, 2010) and The Abel Prize 2008-2012 (Springer 2014), which profile the work of the previous Abel Prize winners.

Author : L. D. Faddeev
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810221983

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40 Years in Mathematical Physics by L. D. Faddeev Pdf

This is a collection of Prof L D Faddeev's important lectures, papers and talks. Some of these have not been published before and some have, for the first time, been translated from Russian into English. The topics covered correspond to several distinctive and pioneering contributions of Prof Faddeev to modern mathematical physics: quantization of YangߝMills and Einstein gravitational fields, soliton theory, the many-dimensional inverse problem in potential scattering, the Hamiltonian approach to anomalies, and the theory of quantum integrable models. There are also two papers on more general aspects of the interrelations between physics and mathematics as well as an autobiographical essay.

Author : R. L. Dobrushin
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Geometry, Algebraic
ISBN : 082180426X

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Contemporary Mathematical Physics by R. L. Dobrushin Pdf

Author : Michael Semenov-Tian-Shansky,Mikhail Semenov-Ti︠a︡n-Shanskiĭ
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821821334

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L. D. Faddeev's Seminar on Mathematical Physics by Michael Semenov-Tian-Shansky,Mikhail Semenov-Ti︠a︡n-Shanskiĭ Pdf

Professor L. D. Faddeev's seminar at Steklov Mathematical Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia) has a long history of over 30 years of intensive work which shaped modern mathematical physics. This collection, honoring Professor Faddeev's 65th anniversary, has been prepared by his students and colleagues. Topics covered in the volume include classical and quantum integrable systems (both analytic and algebraic aspects), quantum groups and generalizations, quantum field theory, and deformation quantization. Included is a history of the seminar highlighting important developments, such as the invention of the quantum inverse scattering method and of quantum groups. The book will serve nicely as a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on the topic.

Author : L. D. Faddeev
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0821831208

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Mathematical Physics and Complex Analysis by L. D. Faddeev Pdf

A collection of survey papers on the 50th anniversary of the institute.

Author : R. Sridhar
Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Mathematical physics
ISBN : 8170234883

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Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics by R. Sridhar Pdf

Ramabhadra Vasudevan, 1926-1994, mathematical physicist from Tamil Nadu, India; contributed articles.

Author : Johannes Elschner,Israel Gohberg,Bernd Silbermann
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034882767

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Problems and Methods in Mathematical Physics by Johannes Elschner,Israel Gohberg,Bernd Silbermann Pdf

This volume presents the proceedings of the 11th Conference on Problems and Methods in Mathematical Physics (11th TMP), held in Chemnitz, March 25-28, 1999. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Siegfried Prössdorf, who made important contributions to the theory and numerical analysis of operator equations and their applications in mathematical physics and mechanics. The main part of the book comprises original research papers. The topics are ranging from integral and pseudodifferential equations, boundary value problems, operator theory, boundary element and wavelet methods, approximation theory and inverse problems to various concrete problems and applications in physics and engineering, and reflect Prössdorf's broad spectrum of research activities. The volume also contains articles describing the life and mathematical achievements of Siegfried Prössdorf and includes a list of his publications. The book is addressed to a wide audience in the mathematical and engineering sciences.

Author : Lars Brink,D Friedan,Alexander M Polyakov
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814513890

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Physics And Mathematics Of Strings: Memorial Volume For Vadim Knizhnik by Lars Brink,D Friedan,Alexander M Polyakov Pdf

Vadim Knizhnik was one of the most promising theoretical physicists in the world. Unfortunately, he passed away at the very young age of 25 years. This memorial volume is to honor his contributions in Theoretical Physics. This is perhaps one of the most important collections of articles on the theoretical developments in String Theory, Conformal Field Theory and related topics. It consists of contributions from world-renowned physicists who have met Vadim Knizhnik personally and whom the late Knizhnik really respected. The contributions are systematic and pedagogical in format.

Author : Pavel Exner
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789814304634

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XVIth International Congress on Mathematical Physics by Pavel Exner Pdf

The International Congress on Mathematical Physics is the flagship conference in this exciting field. Convening every three years, it gives a survey on the progress achieved in all branches of mathematical physics. It also provides a superb platform to discuss challenges and new ideas. The present volume collects material from the XVIth ICMP which was held in Prague, August 2009, and features most of the plenary lectures and invited lectures in topical sessions as well as information on other parts of the congress program. This volume provides a broad coverage of the field of mathematical physics, from dominantly mathematical subjects to particle physics, condensed matter, and application of mathematical physics methods in various areas such as astrophysics and ecology, amongst others.

Author : Erhard Meister,Israel Gohberg
Publisher : Birkhauser
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0817666346

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Operator Theoretical Methods and Applications to Mathematical Physics by Erhard Meister,Israel Gohberg Pdf

Author : Ludwig Streit
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814520973

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Mathematics + Physics: Lectures On Recent Results (Volume 1) by Ludwig Streit Pdf

Contents: Almost Periodic Schrödinger Operators (J Bellissard, R Lima, D Testard)Energy Forms and Diffusion Processes (M Fukushima)Block Spin Renormalization (K Gawedzki)Decomposition of Functions into Wavelets of Constant Shape, and Related Transforms (A Grossmann, J Morlet)Brownian Functionals and the Rotation Group (T Hida)Local Field Representations of the Conformal Group and their Applications (I T Todorov) Readership: Mathematicians and Physicists.