SUNY at Stony Brook
MAT 561: Mathematical Physics II
Spring 2022

General Information

Place and time: MW 9:45am-11:05am in Physics P127.

Professor: Leon Takhtajan, Office: Math Tower 5-111.

Office hours: TBA

Course description: This is a mathematically rigorous course on mathematical methods of quantum physics. It is a continuation of the last semester course on classical mechanics and classical field theory. We will cover the following topics.

  • Quantum Mechanics, including Heisenberg, Schrodinger and holomorphic representations and Feynman's path integral formalism. Supersymmetry
  • Quantum Field Theory, including free quantum fields, Fock space, interacting scalar fields and gauge fields.
  • Course materials:

  • Mathematical Physics I, notes from fall 2017 class
  • Textbook: We will be using variety of sources for different topics and will indicate the necessary chapters in a due course. Lecture notes will be also posted.

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