Understanding Vector Calculus: Practical Development and Solved Problems (Dover Books on Mathematics) - Softcover

Franklin, Jerrold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486835901 ISBN 13: 9780486835907

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2020

Synopsis

This concise text was created as a workbook for learning to use vector calculus in practical calculations and derivations.  Its only prerequisite is a familiarity with one-dimensional differential and integral calculus.  Though it often makes use of physical examples, knowledge of physics itself is not required to study the mathematics of vector calculus. The approach is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics, physics, and other areas of science.
The two-part treatment opens with a brief text that develops vector calculus from the very beginning and then addresses some more detailed applications. Topics include vector differential operators, vector identities, integral theorems, Dirac delta function, Green's functions, general coordinate systems, and dyadics. The second part consists of answered problems, all closely related to the development of vector calculus in the text. Those who study this book and work out the problems will find that rather than memorizing long equations or consulting references, they will be able to work out calculations as they go.
Dover original publication.

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About the Author

Jerrold Franklin is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Temple University. His other Dover books are Classical Electromagnetism: Second Edition and Solved Problems in Classical Electromagnetism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486835901
• ISBN 13: 9780486835907
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112