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The Kepler Problem : Group Theoretical Aspects, Regularization and Quantization, with Application to the Study of Perturbations - Bruno Cordani
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The Kepler Problem

Group Theoretical Aspects, Regularization and Quantization, with Application to the Study of Perturbations

By: Bruno Cordani

Hardcover | 11 December 2002

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Preface.- List of Figures.- 1 Introductory Survey.- 1.1 Part I - Elementary Theory.- 1.1.1 Basic Facts.- 1.1.2 Separation of Variables and Action-Angle Variables.- 1.1.3 Quantization of the Kepler Problem.- 1.1.4 Regularization and Symmetry.- 1.2 Part II - Group-Geometric Theory.- 1.2.1 Conformal Regularization.- 1.2.2 Spinorial Regularization.- 1.2.3 Return to Separation of Variables.- 1.2.4 Geometric Quantization.- 1.2.5 Kepler Problem with a Magnetic Monopole.- 1.3 Part III - Perturbation Theory.- 1.3.1 General Perturbation Theory.- 1.3.2 Perturbations of the Kepler Problem.- 1.3.3 Perturbations with Axial Symmetry.- 1.4 Part IV - Appendices.- 1.4.1 Differential Geometry.- 1.4.2 Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.- 1.4.3 Lagrangian Dynamics.- 1.4.4 Hamiltonian Dynamics.- I Elementary Theory 17.- 2 Basic Facts.- 2.1 Conics.- 2.2 Properties of the Keplerian Motion.- 2.2.1 Energy H < 0.- 2.2.2 Energy H > 0.- 2.2.3 Energy H = 0.- 2.3 The Three Anomalies.- 2.3.1 Energy H < 0.- 2.3.2 Energy H > 0.- 2.3.3 Energy H = 0.- 2.4 The Elements of the Orbit for H < 0.- 2.5 The Repulsive Potential.- Append.- 2.A The Kepler Equation.- 3 Separation of Variables and Action-Angle Coordinates.- 3.1 Separation of Variables.- 3.1.1 Spherical Coordinates.- 3.1.2 Parabolic Coordinates.- 3.1.3 Elliptic Coordinates.- 3.1.4 Spheroconical Coordinates.- 3.2 Action-Angle Variables.- 3.2.1 Delaunay and Poincar© Variables.- 3.2.2 Pauli Variables.- 3.2.3 Monodromy.- 4 Quantization of the Kepler Problem.- 4.1 The Schr¶dinger Quantization.- 4.1.1 Spherical Coordinates.- 4.1.2 Parabolic Coordinates.- 4.1.3 Elliptic Coordinates.- 4.1.4 Spheroconical Coordinates.- 4.2 Pauli Quantization.- 4.2.1 Canonical Quantization.- 4.2.2 Pauli Quantization.- 4.3 Fock Quantization.- Append.- 4.A Mathematical Review.- 4.A.1 Second Order Linear Differential Equations.- 4.A.2 Laplacian on the Sphere and Homogeneous Harmonic Polynomials.- 4.A.3 Associated Legendre Functions.- 4.A.4 Generalized Laguerre Polynomials.- 4.A.5 Surface Measure on the Sphere and Gamma Function.- 4.A.6 Green Function of the Laplacian.- 5 Regularization and Symmetry.- 5.1 Moser Method.- 5.2 Souriau Method.- 5.2.1 Fock Parameters.- 5.2.2 Bacry-Gy¶rgyi Parameters.- 5.3 Kustaanheimo-Stiefel Transformation.- II Group-Geometric Theory 109.- 6 Conformal Regularization.- 6.1 The Conformal Group.- 6.2 The Compactified Minkowski Space.- 6.3 The Cotangent Bundle to Minkowski Space.- 6.4 Regularization of the Kepler Problem.- 7 Spinorial Regularization.- 7.1 The Homomorphism SU(2, 2) ? SO(2, 4).- 7.1.1 Two Bases for su(2, 2).- 7.1.2 SU(2, 2) and Compactified Minkowski Space.- 7.2 Return to the Kustaanheimo-Stiefel Map.- 7.3 Generalized Kustaanheimo-Stiefel Map.- 8 Return to Separation of Variables.- 8.1 Separable Orthogonal Systems.- 8.1.1 St¤ckel Theorem.- 8.1.2 Eisenhart Theorem.- 8.1.3 Robertson Theorem.- 8.2 Finding Coordinate Systems Separating Kepler Problem.- 8.2.1 Spherical Coordinates.- 8.2.2 Parabolic Coordinates.- 8.2.3 Elliptic Coordinates.- 8.2.4 Spheroconical Coordinates.- 8.3 Integrable Perturbations.- 8.3.1 Euler Problem.- 8.3.2 Stark Problem.- Append.- 8.A Jacobian Elliptic Functions.- 9 Geometric Quantization.- 9.1 Multiplier Representations.- 9.2 Quantization of Geodesics on the Sphere.- 9.3 Quantization of the Kepler Problem.- 10 Kepler Problem with Magnetic Monopole.- 10.1 Nonnull Twistors and Magnetic Monopoles.- 10.1.1 Bound Motions.- 10.1.2 Unbound Motions.- 10.1.3 Quantization.- 10.2 The MICZ System.- 10.3 The Taub-NUT System.- 10.4 The BPST Instanton.- III Perturbation Theory 235.- 11 General Perturbation Theory.- 11.1 Formal Expansions.- 11.1.1 Lie Series and Formal Canonical Transformations.- 11.1.2 Homological Equation and its Formal Solution.- 11.2 The Convergence Problem.- 11.2.1 Convergence of Lie Series.- 11.2.2 Homological Equation and its Solution.- 11.2.3 Kolmogorov Theorem.- 11.2.4 Nekhoroshev Theorem.- Appendices.- 11.AResults from Diophantine Theory.- 11.B Cauchy Inequality.- 12 P
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"This is an interesting book, which well organizes the group-geometric aspects of the Kepler problem on which a great number of articles have been published along with the advance of symmetry theory. . . . a nice reference not only for graduate students but also for scientists who are interested in dynamical systems with symmetry." --MathSciNet

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