• In mathematical physics, covariant classical field theory represents classical fields by sections of fiber bundles, and their dynamics is phrased in the...
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  • A classical field theory is a physical theory that predicts how one or more fields in physics interact with matter through field equations, without considering...
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    random field well enough as a linear map from a space of functions into the real numbers. Conformal field theory Covariant Hamiltonian field theory Field strength...
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  • Hamiltonian field theory is the field-theoretic analogue to classical Hamiltonian mechanics. It is a formalism in classical field theory alongside Lagrangian...
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  • Lagrangian field theory is a formalism in classical field theory. It is the field-theoretic analogue of Lagrangian mechanics. Lagrangian mechanics is used...
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  • one finds covariant string field theories. There are also hybrid string field theories, known as covariantized light-cone string field theories which use...
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  • to unify his general theory of relativity with electromagnetism. Einstein attempted to create a classical unified field theory, rejecting quantum mechanics...
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    Coriolis effect.) The "gauge covariant" version of a gauge theory accounts for this effect by introducing a gauge field (in mathematical language, an...
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    The covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism refers to ways of writing the laws of classical electromagnetism (in particular, Maxwell's equations...
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  • nature – a unified field theory. Classical unified field theories are attempts to create a unified field theory based on classical physics. In particular...
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  • generalized the classical directional derivative of vector fields on a manifold. This new derivative – the Levi-Civita connection – was covariant in the sense...
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    The theory of special relativity plays an important role in the modern theory of classical electromagnetism. It gives formulas for how electromagnetic...
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    Classification of electromagnetic fields Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism Electromagnetic stress–energy tensor Gluon field strength tensor Ricci...
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  • variations. For instance, this is the case of classical field theory on fiber bundles (covariant classical field theory). The variational bicomplex is a cochain...
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  • parameterized by ghosts. This is the case of covariant classical field theory and Lagrangian BRST theory. Noether's second theorem Emmy Noether Lagrangian...
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    physics Yang–Mills theory and the mass gap. Quantum particles described by the theory have mass but the classical waves of the field travel at the speed...
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  • Verch, Rainer (2003). "The Generally Covariant Locality Principle – A New Paradigm for Local Quantum Field Theory". Communications in Mathematical Physics...
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  • elementary particles. At the same time, classical gauge theory admits comprehensive geometric formulation where gauge fields are represented by connections on...
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  • The Chern–Simons theory is a 3-dimensional topological quantum field theory of Schwarz type. It was discovered first by mathematical physicist Albert Schwarz...
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    field theory in curved spacetime (QFTCS) is an extension of quantum field theory from Minkowski spacetime to a general curved spacetime. This theory uses...
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  • generally covariant theories describes a spacetime endowed with both a metric and a unit timelike vector field named the aether. The aether in this theory is...
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    to a classically covariant formulation known as geometrized Newtonian gravitation. Attempts to create a unified field theory based on classical physics...
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    Tensor (redirect from Tensor-classical)
    tensor theory Multilinear projection One-form Tensor product of modules Application of tensor theory in engineering Continuum mechanics Covariant derivative...
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  • that explicitly. Kronecker delta Levi-Civita symbol Covariant tensor Contravariant tensor The classical interpretation is by components. For example, in...
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    In physics, Kaluza–Klein theory (KK theory) is a classical unified field theory of gravitation and electromagnetism built around the idea of a fifth dimension...
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    to a renaissance of quantum field theory. Quantum field theory results from the combination of classical field theory, quantum mechanics, and special relativity...
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  • Non-autonomous mechanics (category Classical mechanics)
    mechanics) can be formulated as a covariant classical field theory (in particular covariant Hamiltonian field theory) on X = R {\displaystyle X=\mathbb...
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  • Marsden, Richard Montgomery: "Momentum Maps and Classical Relativistic Fields. Part I: Covariant Field Theory" arXiv:physics/9801019 Cornelius Paufler, Hartmann...
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  • LQG has been done in the covariant formulation of the theory, called "spin foam theory." The present version of the covariant dynamics is due to the convergent...
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  • In the general theory of relativity, the Einstein field equations (EFE; also known as Einstein's equations) relate the geometry of spacetime to the distribution...
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