Westview Press, Boulder, CO, USA (2003); 458 pp.
What is new in this edition:
New section (4.5) on Bose-Einstein condensation in a harmonic trap, in the context of the Thomas-Fermi model
New section (6.3) on uniform approximations, mainly to handle symmetry breaking/restoration
Major update and revision of sect 8.1.3 on the mass asymmetry in nuclear fission
Six new problems (3.6, 3.7, 4.7, 4.8, 6.5, C.3) to illustrate the newly added or revised material
Revised/new passages concerning: bifurcations of periodic orbits (sects 5.3,
5.6.4, 6.2.4, 6.3.3),
edge corrections to trace integrals (sects 6.1.2,
6.1.5, 6.2.4), and the search of periodic orbits (sect 5.4)
Revisions of Appendix C.4 (calculation of monodromy matrix) and introduction to Appendix D (Maslov indices)
Addition of recent references of direct relevance to newly added material and to the specific examples discussed in the book
Correction of misprints, errors, unclear formulations, and some inconsistencies of notation in the first edition
Reviews:
H. Hogreve, Mathematical Reviews MR1976260 (2005d:81002):
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With respect to trace formulas, "Semiclassical Physics" offers a unique collection and, besides M. C. Gutzwiller: "Chaos in Classical and Quantum Mechanics" (Springer, New York, 1990), has already established its place as a standard reference.