Quantum Mechanics For Mathematicians

by John von Neumann (Author), Nicholas A. Wheeler (Editor), Robert T. Beyer (Translator)
Quantum mechanics was still in its infancy in 1932 when the young John von Neumann, who would go on to become one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, published Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics

Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics was a revolutionary book that caused a sea change in theoretical physics.

In the last few years, multiscale methods have lead to spectacular progress in our understanding of complex physical systems and have stimulated the development of very refined mathematical techniques. At the same time on the experimental side, equally spectacular progress has been made in developing experimental machinery and techniques to test the foundations of quantum mechanics. In view of this progress, this volume is very timely; it is the first text totally devoted to multiscale methods as applied to various areas of physics and to the relative developments in mathematics.