Published 1985
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Book
Discrete mechanics
Description
This paper reviews the role of time throughout all phases of mechanics: classical mechanics, non-relativistic quantum mechanics, and relativistic quantum theory. As an example of the relativistic quantum field theory, the case of a massless scalar field interacting with an arbitrary external current is discussed. The comparison between the new discrete theory and the usual continuum formalism is presented. An example is given of a two-dimensional random lattice and its duel. The author notes that there is no evidence that the discrete mechanics is more appropriate than the usual continuum mechanics
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Plenum Press.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- Imprint Title
- How far are we from the gauge forces
- Journal Page Range
- p. 15-114.
Conference
- Title
- 21. meeting of the International School of Subnuclear Physics.
- Dates
- 3-14 Aug 1983.
- Place
- Erice (Italy).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18062602
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CLASSICAL MECHANICS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GLUEBALLS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; PARTICLE MODELS; PROPAGATOR; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM GRAVITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEWS; SCALAR FIELDS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; SU GROUPS; SUPERSYMMETRY; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION AMPLITUDES; WILSON LOOP
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLITUDES; CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; EQUATIONS; EVALUATION; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; WAVE EQUATIONS