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020 _a9781009289887 (ebook)
020 _z9781009289900 (hardback)
020 _z9781009289863 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 4 _aQC173.7
_b.B87 2022
082 0 4 _a530.14
_223
100 1 _aBurgess, Mark,
_d1966-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aClassical covariant fields /
_cMark Burgess.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2022.
300 _a1 online resource (xx, 529 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
506 0 _aOpen Access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
500 _aReissued as Open Access in 2022. Originally published in 2005.
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Nov 2022).
520 _aThis 2002 book discusses the classical foundations of field theory, using the language of variational methods and covariance. It explores the limits of what can be achieved with purely classical notions, and shows how these have a deep and important connection with the second quantized field theory, which follows on from the Schwinger Action Principle. The book takes a pragmatic view of field theory, focusing on issues which are usually omitted from quantum field theory texts and cataloging results which are hard to find in the literature. Care is taken to explain how results arise and how to interpret them physically, for graduate students starting out in the field. An ideal supplementary text for courses on elementary field theory, group theory and dynamical systems, it is also a valuable reference for researchers working in these and related areas. It has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
650 0 _aField theory (Physics)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781009289900
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009289887
999 _c38569
_d38569