Mathematics for Physics : A Guided Tour for Graduate Students Hardback
by Michael (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Stone, Paul (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Goldbart
Hardback
Description
An engagingly-written account of mathematical tools and ideas, this book provides a graduate-level introduction to the mathematics used in research in physics.
The first half of the book focuses on the traditional mathematical methods of physics - differential and integral equations, Fourier series and the calculus of variations.
The second half contains an introduction to more advanced subjects, including differential geometry, topology and complex variables.
The authors' exposition avoids excess rigor whilst explaining subtle but important points often glossed over in more elementary texts.
The topics are illustrated at every stage by carefully chosen examples, exercises and problems drawn from realistic physics settings.
These make it useful both as a textbook in advanced courses and for self-study.
Password-protected solutions to the exercises are available to instructors at www.cambridge.org/9780521854030.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:820 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 100 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:09/07/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521854030
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:820 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 100 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:09/07/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521854030
