CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICAL COMPLEX SYSTEMS
cod. 1006116

Academic year 2014/15
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Sandro Marcel WIMBERGER
Academic discipline
Fisica teorica, modelli e metodi matematici (FIS/02)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
52 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

The course includes the study of various systems that have complex behaviors, with the goal of finding the phenomenological laws governing the overall behavior of such systems.

Various theoretical models and techniques, both analytical and numerical will be discussed in the field of physics, biology, computer science and economics. Given the interdisciplinary nature the course is recommended for all addresses.

Prerequisites

First elementary courses in classical and quantum mechanics

Course unit content

The course includes the study of various systems that have complex behaviors, with the goal of finding the phenomenological laws governing the overall behavior of such systems composed of many degress of freedom.
Various theoretical models and techniques, both analytical and numerical will be discussed in the field of physics, biology, computer science and economics. Given the interdisciplinary nature the course is recommended for all addresses.

Full programme

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Bibliography

- Lecture manuscript
- S. Wimberger, Nonlinear Dynamics and Quantum Chaos: An Introduction
(Springer, Heidelberg, 2014)
- F. Scheck, Mechanics: From Newton’s Laws to Deterministic Chaos
(Springer, Heidelberg, 2007)
- V.I. Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics (Springer
Verlag, New York, 1989)
- J.J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics (Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company, Reading, MA, 1994)
- P. Gaspard, Chaos, Scattering and Statistical Mechanics (Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge UK, 1998)
- Online book, P. Cvitanovic, R. Artuso, R. Mainieri, G. Tanner, G. Vattay,
Chaos: Classical and Quantum (Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, 2012)
at www.chaosbook.org
- M.L. Mehta, Random matrices (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2004)

Teaching methods

Class lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam on the contents of the lecture course.

Other information

Oral exam

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

Tel. +39 0521 905116
E-mail segsmfn@unipr
 

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Dr. Marco Squarcia
Tel. +39 0521 906094
Office E-mail segreteria.smfi@unipr
Manager E-mail marco.squarcia@unipr.it

 

President of the degree course

Prof. Luigi Cristofolini
E-mail: luigi.cristofolini@unipr.it

Deputy President of the degree course

Prof. Eugenia Polverini
E-mail eugenia.polverini@unipr.it


Faculty advisor

Prof. Danilo Bersani
E-mail danilo.bersani@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Antonella Parisini
E-mail: antonella.parisini@unipr.it 

Prof. Francesco Cugini
E-mail: francesco.cugini@unipr.it 

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Alessio Bosio
E-mail alessio.bosio@unipr.it

Tutor Professors

Prof. Marisa Bonini
E-mail marisa.bonini@unipr.it

Prof. Stefano Carretta
E-mail stefano.carretta@unipr.it

Prof. Eugenia Polverini
E-mail eugenia.polverini@unipr.it

Prof. Cristiano Viappiani
E-mail cristiano.viappiani@unipr.it

 

Erasmus delegates

Prof. Bersani Danilo 
E-mail: bersani.danilo@unipr.it

Prof. Guido D'Amico
E-mail:guido.damico@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Paolo Santini 
E-mail: paolo.santini@unipr.it 

Tutor students

Dott. Alessandro Testa
E-mail: alessandro.testa@unipr.it

Contact person for students of vulnerable groups

Prof. Andrea Baraldi Tel: 0521.905234
E-mail: andrea.baraldi@unipr.it