Velo, Giorgio (ed.); Wightman, Arthur S. (ed.) [Wightman, A. S.; Gårding, Lars; Zwanziger, D.; Seiler, R.; Strauss, W. A.; Parenti, C.; Strocchi, F.; Velo, G.; Gervais, J. L.; Stora, R.; Fröhlich, J.; Ruisenaars, S. W. M.] Invariant wave equations. Proceedings of the ”Ettore Majorana” international school of mathematical physics held in Erice, June 27 to July 9, 1977. (English) Zbl 0435.35001 Lecture Notes in Physics. 73. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer- Verlag. 416 p. DM 37.00; $ 18.50 (1978). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 6 Documents MSC: 35-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to partial differential equations 35L60 First-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations 35L40 First-order hyperbolic systems 81R20 Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics 58J90 Applications of PDEs on manifolds 81T08 Constructive quantum field theory 81T99 Quantum field theory; related classical field theories 83A05 Special relativity 81-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory Keywords:Bibliography; Erice; Proceedings; Wave equations; invariance; Yang-Mills instantons; lecture notes; invariant wave equations and related topics; Velo-Zwanziger phenomenon; external field problem; quantum field theory; hyperbolicity; Cauchy problem; microlocal calculus; propagation of singularities; characteristics; acausal behavior in higher-spin equations; Klein-Gordon equation; minimally coupled Dirac equation; Proca equation; Rarita-Schwinger equation; scattering theory; existence and uniqueness; solitons; asymptotic completeness; energy functionals; symmetry breaking; classical solutions; Atiyah-Hitchin- Singer results on instanton counting; superselection sectors PDFBibTeX XML