César R. de Oliveira


César R. de Oliveira


June/2010

 


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Ana and me
Our children
Hard work session!
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Position

Mathematics Department - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar).
E-mail oliveira@dm.ufscar.br
Address: Department of Mathematics
Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar
Cx. P. 676 São Carlos, SP
13560-970 BRAZIL


Research Interests

1. Spectral Theory and time-dependent quantum systems.
2. The Aharonov-Bohm effect.
3. Nonperiodicities and their influence in physical models.
4. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos.


Main Publications

» Book

2009 - Intermediate Spectral Theory and Quantum Dynamics
In English (Go to book page).
Published by Birkhäuser, Basel, Switzerland, volume 54 in the series Progress in Mathematical Physics (410 pages; ISBN 978-3-7643-8794-5).

This textbook provides a concise and comprehensible introduction to the spectral theory of (unbounded) self-adjoint operators and its application in quantum dynamics.

» Book

2001 - Introduction to Functional Analysis
2005 - Introduction to Functional Analysis - 2nd Edition
In Portuguese (English Contents).
Published by IMPA, Rio de Janeiro (ISBN 85-244-0186-9).

It is an introduction to the subject for graduate (or advanced undergraduate) students. There are 30 lessons; each one was dimensioned to be covered in one lecture (for a course with 30 lectures, of course!). Most lessons present Notes and proposed exercises (there are about 430 of them in the text).

» Software

2000 - CD-ROM: Physics in Action - Mechanics

In Portuguese (FAMecanica 1.0 - contents).
Published by EdUFSCar, São Carlos (ISBN 85-85173-44-0).

It is an electronic book in CD-ROM (Windows(R) 95/98/NT and Macintosh(R)) on Classical Mechanics with animations, graphics, hypertexts, numerical procedures (ready to use) related to the subject, theoretical text, exercises, advanced questions, examinations, etc.
It is intended to high school and first year undergraduate students.

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