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BL
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639929
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Jaroszkiewicz, George
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| Title & Author
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Principles of discrete time mechanics /\ George Jaroszkiewicz (University of Nottingham)
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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xiv, 365 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9781107034297
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: 1107034299
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-360) and index
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| Contents
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The physics of discreteness -- The road to calculus -- Temporal discretization -- Discrete time dynamics architecture -- Some models -- Classical cellular automata -- The action sum -- Worked examples -- Lee's approach to discrete time mechanics -- Elliptic billiards -- The construction of system functions -- The classical discrete time oscillator -- Type 2 temporal discretization -- Discrete time quantum mechanics -- The quantized discrete time oscillator -- Path integrals -- Quantum encoding -- Discrete time classical field equations -- The discrete time Schrodinger equation -- The discrete time Klein-Gordon equation -- The discrete time Dirac equation -- Discrete time Maxwell's equations -- The discrete time Skyrme model -- Discrete time quantum field theory -- Interacting discrete time scalar fields -- Space, time and gravitation -- Causality and observation -- Concluding remarks
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Quantum theory-- Mathematics
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Mechanics
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| Dewey Classification
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530.12
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| LC Classification
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QC174.13.J37 2014
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