AuthorSnieder, Roel, 1958-
TitleA guided tour of mathematical methods for the physical sciences / Roel Snieder
Imprint Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2001, 2002
Descript xi, 429 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

CONTENT

1. Introduction -- 2. Power series -- 3. Spherial and cylindrical coordinates -- 4. The gradient -- 5. The divergence of a vector field -- 6. The curl of a vector field -- 7. The theorem of Gauss -- 8. The theorem of Stokes -- 9. The Laplacian -- 10. Conservation laws -- 11. Scale analysis -- 12. Linear algebra -- 13. The Dirac delta function -- 14. Fourier analysis -- 15. Analytic functions -- 16. Complex integration -- 17. Green's functions: principles -- 18. Green's functions: examples -- 19. Normal modes -- 20. Potential theory -- 21. Cartesian tensors -- 22. Perturbation theory -- 23. Epilogue, on power and knowledge


SUBJECT

  1. Mathematical physics

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Science LibraryQC20 G946s 2002 CHECK SHELVES