Spectal theory and quantum mechanics: mathematical foundations of quantum theories symmetries and introduction to the algebraic formulation/ Valter Moretti

Includes bibliography and index

Introduction and mathematical backgrounds -- Normed and Banach spaces examples and applications -- Hilbert spaces and bounded operators -- Families of compact operators on Hilbert spaces and fundamental properties -- Densely-defined unbounded operators on Hilbert spaces -- Phenomenology of quantum systems and wave mechanics: an overview -- The First 4 axioms of QM: propositions quantum states and observables -- Spectral theory I: Generalities abstract C*-algebras and operators in B(H)

This book discusses the mathematical foundations of quantum theories. It offers an introductory text on linear functional analysis with a focus on Hilbert spaces, highlighting the spectral theory features that are relevant in physics. After exploring physical phenomenology, it then turns its attention to the formal and logical aspects of the theory.

Further, this Second Edition collects in one volume a number of useful rigorous results on the mathematical structure of quantum mechanics focusing in particular on von Neumann algebras, Superselection rules, the various notions of Quantum Symmetry and Symmetry Groups, and including a number of fundamental results on the algebraic formulation of quantum theories.

Intended for Master's and PhD students, both in physics and mathematics, the material is designed to be self-contained: it includes a summary of point-set topology and abstract measure theory, together with an appendix on differential geometry. The book also benefits established researchers by organizing and presenting the profusion of advanced material disseminated in the literature. Most chapters are accompanied by exercises, many of which are solved explicitly."