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Modern Perspectives in Theoretical Physics

80th Birthday Festschrift in Honor of K. Babu Joseph

  • Presents review articles from the research group of K. Babu Joseph as a tribute on his 80th Birthday
  • Contains articles in Cosmology, HEP and Gravitation, Mathematical Physics, and Non-linear Dynamics
  • Is a useful read for researchers in the areas to understand certain ideas in a nutshell
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Cosmology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Cosmic Acceleration and Dark Energy

      • C. Sivakumar
      Pages 17-21
  3. High Energy Physics and Gravitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
    2. Aspects of Schrödinger Picture Formalism

      • K. P. Satheesh
      Pages 43-59
  4. Mathematical Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
    2. Mandelbrot Set and Fermat’s Last Theorem

      • P. B. Vinod Kumar
      Pages 109-116
  5. Nonlinear Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
    2. Soliton Propagation Through Photorefractive Media

      • Lakshmi Parameswar
      Pages 119-133
    3. Neurons and Near-Death Spikes

      • Rose P. Ignatius
      Pages 135-152
    4. Machine Learning and the Bigdata Paradigm

      • Ninan Sajeeth Philip
      Pages 153-164

About this book

This book highlights the review of articles in theoretical physics by the students of Professor K. Babu Joseph, as a Festschrift for his 80th Birthday. This book is divided into four sections based on the contributions of Babu Joseph and his students. The four sections are Cosmology, High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics and Non-linear Dynamics and its applications.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, Government College Kottayam, Kottayam, India

    K. S. Sreelatha

  • Department of Mathematics, Government College Kottayam, Kottayam, India

    Varghese Jacob

About the editors

Dr. Sreelatha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Government College Kottayam in Kerala, India. She received her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology under the Guidance of Professor K. Babu Joseph. She has over 25 years of research experience and 20 years of teaching experience. She was awarded the Women Scientist fellowship in 2004 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. She has published over 40 refereed papers in international reputed journals and more than 17 international conference proceedings. Her research areas include nonlinear dynamics, optical solitons, chaos and applications and photovoltaics

Dr. Varghese Jacob is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Government College Kottayam in Kerala, India. He received his M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from Cochin University of Science and Technology,India. He has 24 years of teaching and research experiences and has published 12 refereed papers. His research interests include applied probability and stochastic modelling.  


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modern Perspectives in Theoretical Physics

  • Book Subtitle: 80th Birthday Festschrift in Honor of K. Babu Joseph

  • Editors: K. S. Sreelatha, Varghese Jacob

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9313-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9312-3Published: 13 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9315-4Published: 14 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9313-0Published: 12 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 182

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Cosmology, Quantum Physics, Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

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eBook USD 89.00
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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 119.99
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