TY - GEN AU - Parthasarathy, K. R. TI - Introduction to quantum stochastic calculus SN - 9783034805650 U1 - 519.2 PY - 2013/// CY - Basel PB - Birkhäuser KW - Mathematics KW - Probabilities KW - Observables KW - Dynamics KW - Notational Preliminaries KW - Quantum Probability KW - Spectral Integration KW - Probability Distributions KW - Fock Spaces KW - Weyl Representation KW - Stochastic Integration KW - Differential Equations KW - Linear Maps KW - Quantum Dynamical Semigroups N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and indexes N2 - "Elegantly written, with obvious appreciation for fine points of higher mathematics...most notable is [the] author's effort to weave classical probability theory into [a] quantum framework." – The American Mathematical Monthly "This is an excellent volume which will be a valuable companion both for those who are already active in the field and those who are new to it. Furthermore there are a large number of stimulating exercises scattered through the text which will be invaluable to students." – Mathematical Reviews An Introduction to Quantum Stochastic Calculus aims to deepen our understanding of the dynamics of systems subject to the laws of chance both from the classical and the quantum points of view and stimulate further research in their unification. This is probably the first systematic attempt to weave classical probability theory into the quantum framework and provides a wealth of interesting features: The origin of Ito's correction formulae for Brownian motion and the Poisson process can be traced to communication relations or, equivalently, the uncertainty principle. Quantum stochastic interpretation enables the possibility of seeing new relationships between fermion and boson fields. Quantum dynamical semigroups as well as classical Markov semigroups are realized through unitary operator evolutions. The text is almost self-contained and requires only an elementary knowledge of operator theory and probability theory at the graduate level ER -