Classical and quantum dynamics. From classical paths to path integrals.
The search of possible connections between classical dynamics and quantum mechanics is an old exciting problem. Such great names of modern physics as Einstein, Born, de Broglie, Dirac, Feynman, Schrödinger, Pauli can be found around this subject. The present book highlights the principle of stationary action as common starting point of both theories. \textit{J. Schwinger} in [Quantum Kinematics and Dynamics, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1991)] has advanced this principle in a fruitful approach which encompasses ``almost every situation in the classical and quantum worlds (from the book's introduction). Another useful principle presented in the book is that topology and geometry provide the main tool in the study of some important problems. In authors' words, ``the appearance of topology in quantum mechanics is probably the most important new development to occur in recent years. It is important to remark here that subjects like Jacobi fields, conjugate points, Poincaré surface of sections, homotopy groups, Morse index theorem, geometric phases etc. are now the core of a remarkable physics theory. This third edition [for the review of the 1st and 2nd ed. see Zbl 0769.70001 and Zbl 0793.70001, respectively] is supplemented with chapters on the action principle in classical electrodynamics (an excellent example of working scheme), on the functional derivative approach and on computing traces in the context of WKB propagator. Extensive additions and detailed treatments are also included in the text.
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