Linearity, Symmetry, and Prediction in the Hydrogen Atom (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) - Hardcover

Singer, Stephanie Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387246371 ISBN 13: 9780387246376

Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

This is a textbook for a senior-level undergraduate course for math, physics and chemistry majors. This one course can play two different but complimentary roles: it can serve as a capstone course for students finishing their education, and it can serve as motivating story for future study of mathematics. Some textbooks are like a vigorous regular physical training program, preparing people for a wide range of challenges by honing their basic skills thoroughly. Some are like a series of day hikes. This book is more like an intended trek to a particularly beautiful goal. We’ll take the easiest route to the top, and we’ll stop to appreciate local flora as well as distant peaks worthy of the vigorous training one would need to scale them. Advice to the Student: This book was written with many different readers in mind. Some will be mathematics students interested to see a beautiful and powerful application of a “pure” mathematical subject. Some will be students of physics and chemistry curious about the mathematics behind some tools they use, such as spherical harmonics. Because the readership is so varied, no single reader should be put off by occasional digressions aimed at certain other readers.

About this title

About the Author

Stephanie Frank Singer received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Courant Institute in 1991. In 2002 she resigned her tenured professorship at Haverford College. Since then she has been writing and consulting independently. Her first book was Symmetry In Mechanics: A Gentle, Modern Introduction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387246371
• ISBN 13: 9780387246376
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412