K. F. Riley (University of Cambridge), M. P. Hobson (University of Cambridge)

Essential Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The mathematical methods that physical scientists need for solving problems are clearly set out in this tutorial-style textbook. It develops problem-solving skills through hundreds of worked examples, self-test questions and homework problems. Solutions to odd-numbered problems are given in a Student Solutions Manual, with all solutions available at www.cambridge.org/essential.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 846
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 1958g
• ISBN-13: 9780521761147
• ISBN-10: 052176114X
• Artikelnr.: 31193891

Autorenporträt

K. F. 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 experimental discovery of a number of the early baryonic resonances. As well as having been Senior Tutor at Clare College, where he has taught physics and mathematics for over 40 years, he has served on many committees concerned with the teaching and examining of these subjects at all levels of tertiary and undergraduate education. He is also one of the authors of 200 Puzzling Physics Problems.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Matrices and vector spaces; 2. Vector calculus; 3. Line, surface and volume integrals; 4. Fourier series; 5. Integral transforms; 6. Higher-order ODEs; 7. Series solutions of ODEs; 8. Eigenfunction methods; 9. Special functions; 10. Partial differential equations; 11. Solution methods for PDEs; 12. Calculus of variations; 13. Integral equations; 14. Complex variables; 15. Applications of complex variables; 16. Probability; 17. Statistics; Appendices; Index.

Rezensionen

'Problem solving skills can only be developed by solving problems, and here students can gorge on many stimulating problems ... this book can be recommended as [a] thorough, readable, mathematical methods textbook for undergraduates on a par with the book of Boas. As Paul Dirac said 'God used beautiful mathematics in creating the world', and students will not go far wrong by beginning their journey into mathematical physics here.' C. A. Downing, Contemporary Physics