文档介绍：GRADUATE TEXTS IN PHYSICS
Graduate Texts in Physics publishes core learning/teaching material for graduate- and
advanced-level undergraduate courses on topics of current and emerging fields within
physics, both pure and applied. These textbooks serve students at the MS- or PhD-level
and their instructors prehensive sources of principles, definitions, derivations, ex-
periments and applications (as relevant) for their mastery and teaching, respectively. Inter-
national in scope and relevance, the textbooks correspond to course syllabi sufficiently to
serve as required reading. Their didactic style, comprehensiveness and coverage of funda-
mental material also make them suitable as introductions or references for scientists enter-
ing, or requiring timely knowledge of, a research field.
Series Editors
Professor Richard Needs
Cavendish Laboratory
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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Professor William T. Rhodes
Florida Atlantic University
Imaging Technology Center
Department of Electrical Engineering
777 Glades Road SE, Room 456
Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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Professor H. Eugene Stanley
Boston University
Center for Polymer Studies
Department of Physics
monwealth Avenue, Room 204B
Boston, MA 02215, USA
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The Ecole Polytechnique, one of France’s top academic institutions, has a long-
standing tradition of producing exceptional scientific textbooks for its students. The
original lecture notes, the Cours de l’Ecole Polytechnique, which were written by
Cauchy and Jordan in the eenth century, are considered to be landmarks in the
development of mathematics.
The present series of textbooks is remarkable in that the texts incorporate the
most recent scientific advances in courses designed to provide undergraduate stu-
dents with the foundations of a scientific discipline. An outstanding level of quality
is achieved in each of the seven scientific fields taught at the Ecole: pure and appl