Physics from Symmetry

• Main Author: Schwichtenberg, Jakob (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Nuclear physics.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.

This is a textbook that derives the fundamental theories of physics from symmetry. It starts by introducing, in a completely self-contained way, all mathematical tools needed to use symmetry ideas in physics. Thereafter, these tools are put into action and by using symmetry constraints, the fundamen...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Foundations: Introduction
• Special Relativity
• Part II Symmetry Tools: Lie Group Theory
• The Framework
• Part III The Equations of Nature: Measuring Nature
• Free Theory
• Interaction Theory
• Part IV Applications: Quantum Mechanics
• Quantum Field Theory
• Classical Mechanics
• Electrodynamics
• Gravity
• Closing Words
• Part V Appendices: Vector Calculus
• Calculus
• Linear Algebra
• Additional Mathematical Notions.