Quantum Physics, Relativity, and Complex Spacetime: Volume 163
G. Kaiser(Author)
North-Holland (Publisher)
Published on 11. December 1990
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Hardback
358 pages
978-0-444-88465-7 (ISBN)
Description
A new synthesis of the principles of quantum mechanics and Relativity is proposed in the context of complex differential geometry. The positivity of the energy implies that wave functions and fields can be extended to complex spacetime, and it is shown that this complexification has a solid physical interpretation as an extended phase space. The extended fields can be said to be realistic wavelet transforms of the original fields. A new, algebraic theory of wavelets is developed.
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A lucid text filled with carefully developed mathematics.The American Mathematical MonthlyMore details
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English
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United States
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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College/higher education
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978-0-444-88465-7 (9780444884657)
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Content
1. Coherent-State Representations. Preliminaries. Canonical Coherent States. Generalized Frames and Resolutions of Unity. Reproducing-Kernel Hilbert Spaces. Windowed Fourier Transforms. Wavelet Transforms. 2. Wavelet Algebras and Complex Structures. Introduction. Operational Calculus. Complex Structure. Complex Decomposition and Reconstruction. Appendix. 3. Frames and Lie Groups. Introduction. Klauder's Group-Frames. Perelomov's Homogeneous G-Frames. Onofri's Holomorphic G-Frames. The Rotation Group. The Harmonic Oscillator as a Contraction Limit. 4. Complex Spacetime. Introduction. Relativity, Phase Space and Quantization. Galilean Frames. Relativistic Frames. Geometry and Probability. The Non-Relativistic Limit. Notes. 5. Quantized Fields. Introduction. The Multivariate Analytic-Signal Transform. Axiomatic Field Theory and Particle Phase Spaces. Free Klein-Gordon Fields. Free Dirac Fields. Interpolating Particle Coherent States. Field Coherent States and Functional Integrals. Notes. 6. Further Developments. Holomorphic Gauge Theory. Windowed X-Ray Transforms: Wavelets Revisited. References. Index.