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Electricity and Magnetism for Mathematicians: A Guided Path from Maxwell's Equations to Yang–Mills

Autor Thomas A. Garrity
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 ian 2015
This text is an introduction to some of the mathematical wonders of Maxwell's equations. These equations led to the prediction of radio waves, the realization that light is a type of electromagnetic wave, and the discovery of the special theory of relativity. In fact, almost all current descriptions of the fundamental laws of the universe can be viewed as deep generalizations of Maxwell's equations. Even more surprising is that these equations and their generalizations have led to some of the most important mathematical discoveries of the past thirty years. It seems that the mathematics behind Maxwell's equations is endless. The goal of this book is to explain to mathematicians the underlying physics behind electricity and magnetism and to show their connections to mathematics. Starting with Maxwell's equations, the reader is led to such topics as the special theory of relativity, differential forms, quantum mechanics, manifolds, tangent bundles, connections, and curvature.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107435162
ISBN-10: 1107435161
Pagini: 294
Ilustrații: 81 b/w illus. 2 colour illus. 211 exercises
Dimensiuni: 151 x 228 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. A brief history; 2. Maxwell's equations; 3. Electromagnetic waves; 4. Special relativity; 5. Mechanics and Maxwell's equations; 6. Mechanics, Lagrangians, and the calculus of variations; 7. Potentials; 8. Lagrangians and electromagnetic forces; 9. Differential forms; 10. The Hodge * operator; 11. The electromagnetic two-form; 12. Some mathematics needed for quantum mechanics; 13. Some quantum mechanical thinking; 14. Quantum mechanics of harmonic oscillators; 15. Quantizing Maxwell's equations; 16. Manifolds; 17. Vector bundles; 18. Connections; 19. Curvature; 20. Maxwell via connections and curvature; 21. The Lagrangian machine, Yang–Mills, and other forces.

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Maxwell's equations have led to many important mathematical discoveries. This text introduces mathematics students to some of their wonders.