The Stability of Matter: From Atoms to Stars Selecta of Elliott H. Lieb /

• Main Author: Lieb, Elliott H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thirring, Walter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Calculus of variations.; Quantum physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Condensed matter.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Quantum Physics.; Analysis.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.

This collection of papers -- starting with a brilliant article by one of the masters of the field -- gives an excellent current review of our knowledge of matter. Partially basing his own work on a variational formulation of quantum mechanics, E.H. Lieb links the difficult question of the stability...