Summary:: What is (are) the best book(s) to understand the mathematics of Feynman diagram?
Hello,
Can anyone recommend some books for the mathematics of Feynman diagram? (I don't mind if they also include the physics; in fact it may be better).
Ideally I would need books that are very...
I see the discussion has deviated so I am re-posting these questions:
Can anyone please answer the following two questions regarding books / materials:
Another question: "Why is the (mass)^2 term of the Higgs Boson negative in the Standard
Model Lagrangian to start with?"
(From...
Vanadium 50, I have already been through that (except for the PhD) and sadly I cannot agree with you. Basically now I have to revise even the basics or even replace the "basics" (i.e. the course materials I studied) with proper books / proper materials, because the programme I went through was...
Another question: "Why is the (mass)^2 term of the Higgs Boson negative in the Standard
Model Lagrangian to start with?"
(From https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-is-the-higgs-boson-tachyonic.115864/).
In which book can I read about the Standard Model Lagrangian (and also, very...
Here is a fragment that I read in a paper presented in a related post:
"There is a well-defined Hilbert space, a well-defined
Hamiltonian constructed without any use of perturbation theory,
a well-defined unitary dynamics, well-defined bound states that
are eigenstates of the Hamiltonian, and...
Yes, even though there may not be such an algorithm for everyone (although I think there is, although maybe no one that I know of took the time to put it together), there is still a good chance there is at least an algorithm / "ladder" that I can use for myself.
In view of what you said I may...
PeroK, thank you for your question. Please see my original post with regard to my level of education in physics / mathematics.
I feel a dire need to have a robust training in mathematics and in theoretical physics, and also in particle physics and quantum physics, so that I can have a robust...
George, thank you very much, I ordered it.
Vanhees 71, thank you too. I also ordered Duncan, Weinberg (all three).
martinbn, thank you too. I ordered Folland.
Though somehow I feel these books will not be enough.
PeroK, I find it really hard ("hard" as in "impossible) to "trust" and, more importantly, understand the use of a mathematical theorem whose proof I don't understand. That is how my thinking works. I guess this is why I am so "upset" with the situation when I don't understand the mathematics...
vanhees71, also, what book would you recommend for vector calculus? (Note: I did do some vector calculus during my undergraduate degree in physics, but it was not explicit enough. It basically presented conclusions but it did not prove the theorems taught in the course, and also the exercises in...
vanhees71, thank you for your reply. Can you please recommend some books on path integrals? Also on complex function theory? (I don't know what that is).
Vanadium 50, very well. In line with what you said, I have written another reply (see above) in the hope of clarifying what I am asking for. Hopefully at some point we will reach a clear communication.
Vanadium 50,
1. I am well aware physics and mathematics have limitations, and even great limitations with regard to some problems/ phenomena.
2. Within the given framework of the physics and the mathematics we currently have, I would like for the materials that people are suggesting to be as...
vanhees71, THANK YOU so much for pointing that out! That is precisely what I mean!
And I mean the same regarding quantum chromo-dynamics and the other topics I mentioned.
Yes, you need to do the calculations yourself, which is why I am asked what I asked above regarding textbooks, detailed...
PeroK, to clarify what I said even more, I did * not * ask *exclusively* for a "pure mathematical treatment" of the subject.
What I asked for are books that do not skip the mathematics, not books that present only the mathematics without having a physics content. Physics content is precisely...