Calculus of Variations: Ground States in Quantum Mechanics

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Covers entanglement, Bell inequalities, CSHS requirements, EPR paradox, and experimental verification in quantum mechanics.

Covers normed spaces, dual spaces, Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, weak and strong convergence, reflexive spaces, and the Hahn-Banach theorem.

Introduces mechanics, differential and vector calculus, and historical perspectives from Aristotle to Newton.

Explores variational formulation for measuring information content and divergence between probability distributions.

Covers the integration of limit expansions and continuous functions by pieces.

Covers the concept of compact embedding in Banach spaces and Sobolev inequalities.

Covers the Euler-Lagrange equation in Sobolev spaces and discusses minimization, convexity, and weak forms.

Covers the Radon-Nikodym theorem and the uniqueness of signed Borel measures.

Covers conditional expectation, Fubini's theorem, and their applications in probability theory.

Explores variational problems, emphasizing convexity and coercivity conditions in functionals with integral side constraints.