Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences: An Informal Treatment for Studen

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Many students of physical and applied science and of engineering find difficulty in copying with the mathematics necessary for the quantitative manipulation of the physical concepts they are atudying in their main course. This book is designed to help first and second year under-graduates at universities and polytechnics, as well as technical college students, to find their feet in the important mathematical methods they will need. Throughout the text the physical relevance of the mathematics is constantly stressed and, where it is helpful, use has been made of pictorial mathematics and qualitative verbal descriptions instead of over-compact mathematical symbolism. Topics are presented in three stages: a qualitative introduction, a more formal presentation and an explicit check or worked example. There are many exercises included in the text which are aimed at testing a student's understanding and building his confidence progressively throughout each piece of work.

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Many students of physical and applied science and of engineering find difficulty in copying with the mathematics necessary for the quantitative manipulation of the physical concepts they are atudying in their main course. This book is designed to help first and second year under-graduates at universities and polytechnics, as well as technical college students, to find their feet in the important mathematical methods they will need. Throughout the text the physical relevance of the mathematics is constantly stressed and, where it is helpful, use has been made of pictorial mathematics and qualitative verbal descriptions instead of over-compact mathematical symbolism. Topics are presented in three stages: a qualitative introduction, a more formal presentation and an explicit check or worked example. There are many exercises included in the text which are aimed at testing a student's understanding and building his confidence progressively throughout each piece of work.

Author Biography

Ken Riley read Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and proceeded to a Ph.D. there in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics. He became a Research Associate in elementary particle physics at Brookhaven, and then, having taken up a lectureship at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, continued this research at the Rutherford Laboratory and Stanford; in particular he was involved in the discovery of a number of the early baryonic resonances.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Preliminary calculus; 2. Vector algebra; 3. Calculus of vectors; 4. Vector operators; 5. Ordinary differential equations; 6. Series solutions of differential equations; 7. Superposition methods; 8. Fourier methods; 9. Partial differential equations; 10. Separation of variables; 11. Numerical methods; 12. Calculus of variations; 13. General eigenvalue problem; 14. Matrices; 15. Cartesian tensors; 16. Complex variables; Solutions and hints for exercises and examples; Index.

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This book is designed to help first and second year under-graduates at universities and polytechnics, as well as technical college students, to find their feet in the important mathematical methods they will need.

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This book is designed to help first and second year under-graduates at universities and polytechnics, as well as technical college students, to find their feet in the important mathematical methods they will need.

Details ISBN0521098394 Author K.F. Riley Short Title MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR THE P Pages 552 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521098394 ISBN-13 9780521098397 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 515 Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Publication Date 2004-02-28 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle An Informal Treatment for Students of Physics and Engineering Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1936 Edition Description Revised and Sec DOI 10.1604/9780521098397 Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 1974-10-03 AU Release Date 1974-10-03 NZ Release Date 1974-10-03 We've got this

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