Orador: Sergio Giardino (Universidade da Beira Interior) . Data, hora e local: 27 de janeiro de 2016, às 11h30m na sala de reuniões do Departamento de Matemática. Resumo: Quaternions are non-commutative complex numbers that have been applied to generalize quantum theories. In this talk we introduce quaternions and the attempt to rewrite quantum mechanics using…

Orador: Sérgio Giardino. Data, hora e local: 29 de Setembro de 2015, às 11h30m na sala de reuniões do Departamento de Matemática. Resumo: We will discuss the use of the semi-classical method proposed by Minahan (hep-th/0209047) for studying the pulsating string. We use this method to quantize and calculate the tunnelling rate of the pulsating…