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Click to enlargeQuantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems

Alexander L. Fetter
John Dirk Walecka
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ISBN: 0486428273
Page Count: 617
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
This self-contained treatment of nonrelativistic many-particle systems discusses both formalism and applications in terms of ground-state (zero-temperature) formalism, finite-temperature formalism, canonical transformations, and applications to physical systems. 149 figures. 8 tables. 1971 edition.

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