Download or read book Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries written by Andrzej Horzela and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2002 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the up-to-date status of quantum theory and the outlook for its development in the 21st century. The covered topics include basic problems of quantum physics, with emphasis on the foundations of quantum theory, quantum computing and control, quantum optics, coherent states and Wigner functions, as well as on methods of quantum physics based on Lie groups and algebras, quantum groups and noncommutative geometry.