Mathematics for Physicists

Author: Alexander Altland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108651151
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 723

Book Description
This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the key disciplines of mathematics - linear algebra, calculus, and geometry - needed in the undergraduate physics curriculum. Its leitmotiv is that success in learning these subjects depends on a good balance between theory and practice. Reflecting this belief, mathematical foundations are explained in pedagogical depth, and computational methods are introduced from a physicist's perspective and in a timely manner. This original approach presents concepts and methods as inseparable entities, facilitating in-depth understanding and making even advanced mathematics tangible. The book guides the reader from high-school level to advanced subjects such as tensor algebra, complex functions, and differential geometry. It contains numerous worked examples, info sections providing context, biographical boxes, several detailed case studies, over 300 problems, and fully worked solutions for all odd-numbered problems. An online solutions manual for all even-numbered problems will be made available to instructors.

Mathematics for Physics

Author: Michael Stone
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139480618
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 821

Book 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.

Mathematics for Physicists

Author: Philippe Dennery
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157121
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
Superb text provides math needed to understand today's more advanced topics in physics and engineering. Theory of functions of a complex variable, linear vector spaces, much more. Problems. 1967 edition.

Mathematics for Physicists

Author: Susan Lea
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 632

Book Description
Often physics professionals are not comfortable using the mathematical tools that they learn in school, and this book discusses the mathematics that physics professionals need to master. This book provides the necesssary tools and shows how to use those tools specifically in physics problems. (Midwest).

Mathematics for Physics and Physicists

Author: Walter Appel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 680

Book Description
Aims to show graduate students and researchers the vital benefits of integrating mathematics into their study and experience of the physical world. This book details numerous topics from the frontiers of modern physics and mathematics such as convergence, Green functions, complex analysis, Fourier series and Fourier transform, tensors, and others.

Mathematics for Physics

Author: Michael M. Woolfson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199289298
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 805

Book Description
Mathematics for Physics features both print and online support, with many in-text exercises and end-of-chapter problems, and web-based computer programs, to both stimulate learning and build understanding.

Basic Training in Mathematics

Author: R. Shankar
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1489967982
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 371

Book Description
Based on course material used by the author at Yale University, this practical text addresses the widening gap found between the mathematics required for upper-level courses in the physical sciences and the knowledge of incoming students. This superb book offers students an excellent opportunity to strengthen their mathematical skills by solving various problems in differential calculus. By covering material in its simplest form, students can look forward to a smooth entry into any course in the physical sciences.

Mathematics For Physics: An Illustrated Handbook

Author: Adam Marsh
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813233931
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
This unique book complements traditional textbooks by providing a visual yet rigorous survey of the mathematics used in theoretical physics beyond that typically covered in undergraduate math and physics courses. The exposition is pedagogical but compact, and the emphasis is on defining and visualizing concepts and relationships between them, as well as listing common confusions, alternative notations and jargon, and relevant facts and theorems. Special attention is given to detailed figures and geometric viewpoints. Certain topics which are well covered in textbooks, such as historical motivations, proofs and derivations, and tools for practical calculations, are avoided. The primary physical models targeted are general relativity, spinors, and gauge theories, with notable chapters on Riemannian geometry, Clifford algebras, and fiber bundles.

Modern Mathematical Methods for Physicists and Engineers

Author: Cyrus D. Cantrell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521598279
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 790

Book Description
A mathematical and computational education for students, researchers, and practising engineers.

Mathematical Physics

Author: Sadri Hassani
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780387985794
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1052

Book Description
For physics students interested in the mathematics they use, and for math students interested in seeing how some of the ideas of their discipline find realization in an applied setting. The presentation strikes a balance between formalism and application, between abstract and concrete. The interconnections among the various topics are clarified both by the use of vector spaces as a central unifying theme, recurring throughout the book, and by putting ideas into their historical context. Enough of the essential formalism is included to make the presentation self-contained.