ABSTRACT

A classic from 1969, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered at the Les Houches Summer School of Theoretical Physics in 1955. The book outlines a general scheme of quantum kinematics and dynamics.

chapter 1|28 pages

The Algebra of Measurement

chapter 2|44 pages

The Geometry of States

chapter 3|39 pages

The Dynamical Principle

chapter 4|60 pages

The Special Canonical Group

chapter 5|27 pages

Canonical Transformations

chapter 6|84 pages

Groups of Transformations

chapter 7|46 pages

Canonical Transformation Functions

chapter 8|16 pages

Green’s Functions

chapter 9|31 pages

Some Applications and Further Developments